Home Alone
“Kate was trying to breathe Steadily and not go completely berserk. The copilot of the plane, a young man who looked barely old enough to shave, was talking to her.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. McCallister," he said. "But we never turn a plane around. Not even for first-class passengers. Besides, we're closer to Paris now than Chicago." "But my helpless seven-year-old baby isn't in Paris," Kate snapped angrily. "He's all by himself back in Chicago!" The copilot said he was sorry again and returned to the cockpit. Kate slumped back in her seat and pressed her fingers over her eyes.
"I don't understand it," said Heather. She and Buzz had come up from the coach seats to find out what was going on. "I know I counted eleven kids." "Listen, everyone," Peter said soothingly. "Kevin's an intelligent boy. He won't do anything stupid." "He can't even make a sandwich!" Kate cried.
"I read that people can live on water for weeks," said Buzz, trying to be helpful.
"Go away!" Kate screamed at him. The other fir...st-class passengers stared at her, but Kate didn't care.MoreLess
"I'm sorry, Mrs. McCallister," he said. "But we never turn a plane around. Not even for first-class passengers. Besides, we're closer to Paris now than Chicago." "But my helpless seven-year-old baby isn't in Paris," Kate snapped angrily. "He's all by himself back in Chicago!" The copilot said he was sorry again and returned to the cockpit. Kate slumped back in her seat and pressed her fingers over her eyes.
"I don't understand it," said Heather. She and Buzz had come up from the coach seats to find out what was going on. "I know I counted eleven kids." "Listen, everyone," Peter said soothingly. "Kevin's an intelligent boy. He won't do anything stupid." "He can't even make a sandwich!" Kate cried.
"I read that people can live on water for weeks," said Buzz, trying to be helpful.
"Go away!" Kate screamed at him. The other fir...st-class passengers stared at her, but Kate didn't care.MoreLess
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