Bb Dalton
“That afternoon, he was sitting next to his handler in business class, and sipping a complimentary beverage while flying to New York.
He hadn’t been on a commercial flight in years, and then it had been in back in coach, not up here with the yuppies. But besides that, there was a big difference between this jumbo jet, with its television screens in every seatback, and a military transport, which didn’t even have seats.
He glanced at Katie next to him. She’d insisted he take the aisle because his legs were longer. She obviously wasn’t aware he was used to far harsher traveling conditions than this.
She was busy frowning at her laptop, so he flipped the channels on his own little TV screen and found some sitcom reruns. He leaned back in his seat.
“You all right?” Katie looked over at him.
“Sure. Why?”
“You just sighed like you had the weight of the world on your shoulders,” she informed him.
“Sorry.” He hadn’t realized.
That was funny. He did have the weight of the world on his shoulders... when he was actively battling the terrorist threat with his team and he loved his job.MoreLess
He hadn’t been on a commercial flight in years, and then it had been in back in coach, not up here with the yuppies. But besides that, there was a big difference between this jumbo jet, with its television screens in every seatback, and a military transport, which didn’t even have seats.
He glanced at Katie next to him. She’d insisted he take the aisle because his legs were longer. She obviously wasn’t aware he was used to far harsher traveling conditions than this.
She was busy frowning at her laptop, so he flipped the channels on his own little TV screen and found some sitcom reruns. He leaned back in his seat.
“You all right?” Katie looked over at him.
“Sure. Why?”
“You just sighed like you had the weight of the world on your shoulders,” she informed him.
“Sorry.” He hadn’t realized.
That was funny. He did have the weight of the world on his shoulders... when he was actively battling the terrorist threat with his team and he loved his job.MoreLess
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