above the ground.
A flight attendant hurried through the aisle, scanning faces.
Laura looked away.
She had promised herself she would never return to that life.
Never again would someone else’s survival depend on her decisions.
Then the flight attendant stopped beside her row.
“Excuse me, ma’am. Do you know if anyone sitting near you has military aviation experience? The captain urgently needs a military pilot.”
Laura glanced around.
She saw frightened families.
Children.
People trapped miles above an ocean with absolutely no control over what was happening.
For a
