she handed it to him and then left his office , shutting the door - loudly . 'i do n't know why i 'm doing this , ' he said . he only had to make it a reality . i have hundreds of customers , some of them from out of state . and somehow , without even noticing , his daughter had managed to take the plate of cookies and was eyeing up the vanilla iced faces . `` do n't you make her part of this plan . i hear the river in the distance . 