by Jayne Denker
The screen of her phone lit the darkened space with an eerie glow. Erin's fingers shook as she clicked Ben's name again, and she held her breath and prayed.
It was ringing this time. She hoped that meant she'd caught him with his phone still on. Maybe his flight was just delayed a bit, and he was boarding now. Maybe he'd been too worried about worrying her, and that's why he hadn't returned her texts.
After four rings, Erin was trembling to her very core, thinking he wasn't going to pick up. And then his voice finally burst onto the line. "Erin?"
"Ben! Thank God you answered. What's going on? Where are you? Was your flight delayed?"
There was a long pause, and Erin's stomach plunged as if she'd just leapt from the hatch of a plane, her second skydive.
"Not delayed," he finally said. He paused again. "E, I've got some bad news."
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