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Chapter 3: The Call Nobody Expected

Chapter 3: The Call Nobody Expected

The captain placed the phone against his ear.

"This is Captain Daniel Brooks."

For several seconds...

He listened.

Nothing more.

His expression changed.

Confidence...

Confusion...

Then disbelief.

"Yes... sir."

Another pause.

"I understand."

A longer one.

"I wasn't informed."

Passengers exchanged uneasy glances.

Even the cabin crew looked at one another.

The captain straightened instinctively.

Almost like a soldier receiving instructions.

Then...

He answered quietly.

"Yes, Mr. Harrington."

Every head lifted.

The name spread through the cabin in whispers.

"Harrington?"

"Did he just say Harrington?"

Emily's face drained of color.

She knew that name.

Everyone in the airline did.

The Harrington family didn't simply fly with the company.

They owned the investment group that had quietly become its largest shareholder months earlier.

The captain handed the phone back with both hands.

"I'm... very sorry."

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But the apology wasn't directed at the girls.

It was directed toward the man still on the line.


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