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them. Lani was terrified at the prospect of losing her foster parents. Shona and Gershom vowed that they
would not let that happen, no matter what it cost them. Shona regretted that in this case it might easily
cost Gershom his precious ship. She bit her lip.
"Was there nothing but bad news in your mail?" Gershom asked lightly. "What does Susan say?"
"Oh!" Shona said, sitting upright under his arm. "There's one more message from her. Stay and see it."
She read the Galactic time signature. "It's only two weeks old. I'm nearly up to date." She let it play.
The data transmission didn't open with Susan's face. Instead, it began with a clip from the Galactic
News. Shona stopped it and ran it back to make sure the codes were correct. They were. She let the disk
run.
A reviewer from the Galactic News appeared on-screen.
"Five stars for neophyte producer Susan MacRoy," the blue-haired woman gushed. "The story of the
brave young woman who single-handedly defeated an ice-hearted murderer whose greed threatened to
envelop the galaxy is a wow. This docudrama is based on news events of a few years ago involving the
GLC that made the inhabitants of boardrooms tremble across the civilized universe. If bad guy Veringer
is anything like the original he portrays, then the real number is a skunk who deserves to stay in deep-
freeze for the rest of forever. Hot script, hot direction, and fabulous casting. Look for this one to pick up
awards galore at the Stellars!"
Susan's face replaced that of the reviewer. "What do you think? Can you believe the great review? There
are lots more! The disclaimer at the beginning of the video says 'Some of the facts in the following
dramatization have been altered to protect the innocent,' and people have been all over me to know


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what's real and what isn't." She giggled. "I don't intend to tell. It's fun knowing something no one else
does. We got great ratings, and I'm getting job offers from all over. I owe you and Gershom one
fabulous dinner the next time I see you. Hope it's soon. Love."
Following the message were more of Susan's reviews, each as enthusiastic about the video as they were
damning of the villain, a facet of the show that not one reviewer failed to mention.
"Evil personified!" one male dressed in silver lame declared. "Absolutely wretched evil."
Shona and Gershom looked at each other.
"What did she put in that video?" Shona asked.
"We'd better see it," Gershom said. "Let the others back in, and we'll all watch it. I know that Ivo wanted
to."
The picture ended with Dree Solana in her torn shipsuit, standing in the midst of her loved ones and
embracing the dark-haired child, while the white-haired villain was haled off to justice. Triumphant
music rose over the audio, blaring trumpets in their ears. The final credits flickered on the screen, all
fading to a simple blue-black emblazoned with the logo of the video distributors. The Sibyl's crew sat
back and let out a collective breath. Lani scrubbed tears off her cheeks with her cuff, and glanced up at
the adults. Shona shook her head solemnly.
"He's not going to like that," she said.
"Maybe he will not see it," Chirwl said. Shona shook her head. "He'll see it."
The scene on the screentank held still on a single frame, that of a man with thick white hair, his mouth
frozen in a scream as two other men in conservative dress dragged him from an opulently appointed
office suite. Looking on at the white-haired man's humiliation were a tall man with long black hair; a
skinny, elderly male with rheumy eyes; a burly stevedore, his light brown hair clipped almost to his
skull; and a short light-skinned woman with a lush, bow-shaped mouth. Jachin Verdadero stared and
stared at the screen, feeling the blood mounting up behind his eyes until the picture was blotted out in a