My Grandmother Insisted on Flying Economy Instead of First Class, Then I Found Out Why a Pilot Needed to See Her

I asked the question neither of them had answered.

“Why are you on this flight?”

Danny looked at me.

“Every March fourteenth, the captain and I request Flight 212.”

“Why?”

His eyes moved toward Grandma.

“Because your grandfather died on this flight.”

He pointed toward the window.

“In that seat.”

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I sat down in the aisle seat beside Oliver.

My hands were shaking.

“You told me Grandpa died from a heart attack,” I said.

“He did,” Grandma answered.

“Here?”

She nodded.

“Why was he flying to California?”

She looked directly