at the airport. british undercover cops and fbi would be watching ann s every move as she pretended to enter the arrivals hall just off a flight from the states. robert had suggested a coffee shop just past customs where they could meet. you guys have got to be a little bit nervous backstage here, right? you re always nervous backstage. the next day kim s mom emerged in the arrivals area just as scripted. robert was there. her daughter wasn t. i walked up to him and i said, robert, and he said, oh, how are you? we hugged. and then i said, oh, where s kim? and he told me she was in the car park. this is a wrinkle in the plan. so i made an excuse, a long trip, i need to use the restroom. so i went into the restroom, pulled out the cell phone, called the agents and said, kim is in the car park. i don t know where. and they said okay, go, go, go. ann went with robert to the parking lot, with no idea what would happen next. so i got up to the car and kim jumped out. we hugged,
and i sat there thinking, i can t even tell anyone because they won t believe me. as mother flew across the atlantic to rescue daughter from a real-life con man, dire situation by any stretch, the in-flight movie began to play. what was the film? catch me if you can. i d like to cash this check here and then i d like to take you out for a steak dinner. leonardo dicaprio was the con man. exactly. of all the millions of movies out there. so i m sitting there thinking, okay, now, do i cry, do i laugh? do i shake my head and say, wake up, wake up? it is pretty funny. it s funny. but the flight did land in london on time where ann met fbi agent jackie zappacosta, who briefed her on a sting operation the british police had set up for the following morning back at the airport. british undercover cops and fbi would be watching ann s every move as she pretended to enter