Soaring Home
“Darcy spun around, catching snowflakes on her bare palms. The cold didn’t matter. Jack and this flight would rescue her from drudgery. “It’s the answer to everything.”
The transatlantic flight would set her on the world stage. She would be first. Not second. Not following a man’s success. First.
“Whoa, whoa.” Jack dragged her to a halt. “It’s not that easy. You need the right plane, which I don’t have, and then you need backing—lots of it. Then you have to plan every second of the trip. One mis...take and you’re dead.”
“We can do all that.”
“Do you happen to have an extra forty thousand dollars, because I’ll tell you right now it’s going to cost that, and probably more.”
Forty thousand dollars? The amount staggered. A person could buy half of Pearlman for forty thousand dollars.
“You’re teasing,” she said. “Who would go for a fifty thousand dollar prize if it cost forty thousand to do it?”
He crossed his arms. “For what comes afterward: lectures, books, interviews.MoreLess
The transatlantic flight would set her on the world stage. She would be first. Not second. Not following a man’s success. First.
“Whoa, whoa.” Jack dragged her to a halt. “It’s not that easy. You need the right plane, which I don’t have, and then you need backing—lots of it. Then you have to plan every second of the trip. One mis...take and you’re dead.”
“We can do all that.”
“Do you happen to have an extra forty thousand dollars, because I’ll tell you right now it’s going to cost that, and probably more.”
Forty thousand dollars? The amount staggered. A person could buy half of Pearlman for forty thousand dollars.
“You’re teasing,” she said. “Who would go for a fifty thousand dollar prize if it cost forty thousand to do it?”
He crossed his arms. “For what comes afterward: lectures, books, interviews.MoreLess
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