Grace Takes Off (2013)
“I rarely wore a watch and couldn’t consult my cell phone, which was, in any case, turned off and stowed in my purse. What felt like an hour was probably no more than ten minutes, but I felt every inch of every second, doing my best to quell heart-in-my-throat fear.
We’d come to as much as of a truce as we could have, given the circumstances. Other than Millie’s occasional barks and nuzzling whimpers, not one of us made a sound.
Matthew tried for some leniency. “She has to go,” he said, ...petting Millie’s head.
“Her designated spot is up front. It won’t take more than a minute or two.”
“No,” Pinky said.
She didn’t elaborate, and no one pushed her. The smoke-screen card game long forgotten, Pinky was ensconced in the soft leather chair, Evelyn on the edge of the hard temporary seat. No one spoke.
We waited for one thing: to land.MoreLess
We’d come to as much as of a truce as we could have, given the circumstances. Other than Millie’s occasional barks and nuzzling whimpers, not one of us made a sound.
Matthew tried for some leniency. “She has to go,” he said, ...petting Millie’s head.
“Her designated spot is up front. It won’t take more than a minute or two.”
“No,” Pinky said.
She didn’t elaborate, and no one pushed her. The smoke-screen card game long forgotten, Pinky was ensconced in the soft leather chair, Evelyn on the edge of the hard temporary seat. No one spoke.
We waited for one thing: to land.MoreLess
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