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His eyes finally opened, and he nodded "Yeah I’s"

"Yeah, I can understand that Has it always been that way?"

He shook his head, focused on the space directly ahead of us "I was flying with ht fire"

"Oh ThatHow old were you?"

"Nine And yeah, it was scary, but I knew she’d keep ht smile touched his lips

"Did she hold your hand?" I tried to ihtly needy

"Hell no She had both hands on the controls"

"She was the pilot," I guessed

He nodded "She’s always had one foot on the ground and the other cli for the sky"

She sounded just like her son "So have you been nervous ever since then?"

He shrugged "It’s gotten a lot better For the first years after it was hard to get in a plane, but Idoesn’t bother me" I reached for the Visit Istanbul pah

"No, Ithe Cistern,thousands of feet to the earth below He didn’t ave hilance and saw his eyes bloide, then squeezing shut with a long breath

He fucking knew

Ithere naked with how exposed I felt Even his inappropriate little comment earlier hadn’t done this toover the intricate details of the Blue Mosque "How long have you known?" I asked, ht now

"Knohat?" he tried

"Cut the bullshit"

"Last night" He looked at me, but I stayed locked in my safe little booklet

"Well then, you certainly can’t keep a secret for long, can you?" I flipped another page Why the hell e on a plane? My knee started to bounce with restless energy, with the need to get away frole seat on this plane was taken, so it was either sit here or parachute

"I didn’tIt just slipped" He reached forlooks like a great option