Blackbirds
““Come on! Sean, we have to hurry.”
Sean stood at the top of the stairs, buttoning his shirt. “What about breakfast?”
“We’ll grab a bite at the canteen. We’ve got to catch the air taxi. It’s leaving in fifteen minutes!” She slapped the green canvas bag against her thigh for effect. Did I remember my lipstick? She reached inside to check.
“Will it be Roger again?” Sean clumped down the stairs.
“I don’t know.” Sharon pulled the keys out of her pocket.
Sean pushed past her and out the door. “He won...’t let me on the plane.”
We need to get you some new clothes. And we need to talk with someone about keeping us together.
She closed the door, locked it, and ran past Sean as he tied one of his shoelaces. “Come on!”
Forty-five minutes later, they stood at a hangar somewhere north of London where a newly minted Lysander, with undersurfaces painted black and uppers in green and grey, stuck its round nose out into the rain.
“Never had a ride in a Lizzie,” Sean said as they ducked inside the hangar.MoreLess
Sean stood at the top of the stairs, buttoning his shirt. “What about breakfast?”
“We’ll grab a bite at the canteen. We’ve got to catch the air taxi. It’s leaving in fifteen minutes!” She slapped the green canvas bag against her thigh for effect. Did I remember my lipstick? She reached inside to check.
“Will it be Roger again?” Sean clumped down the stairs.
“I don’t know.” Sharon pulled the keys out of her pocket.
Sean pushed past her and out the door. “He won...’t let me on the plane.”
We need to get you some new clothes. And we need to talk with someone about keeping us together.
She closed the door, locked it, and ran past Sean as he tied one of his shoelaces. “Come on!”
Forty-five minutes later, they stood at a hangar somewhere north of London where a newly minted Lysander, with undersurfaces painted black and uppers in green and grey, stuck its round nose out into the rain.
“Never had a ride in a Lizzie,” Sean said as they ducked inside the hangar.MoreLess
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