5/24/2023 0 Comments Collide by gail mchugh![]() ![]() In late October of her senior year in college, she received the call. ![]() ![]() She rested her head against the window and let her mind drift over the past several months. Her heart sank further as she inwardly said goodbye to the only true home she had ever known. She forced a smile and then hesitantly turned, watching the snowcapped mountains disappear beneath the clouds. "Before you know it, we'll be on the ground again." "Everything's going to be alright, Em," he whispered. She could tell he noticed the look on her face was filled with the uncertainty of what lay ahead.Īs he held her hand, Dillon leaned over and stroked a piece of hair away from her face. Looking at her was one of the reasons she still woke up every day - her boyfriend, Dillon. However, this trip included none of those enjoyments - it only held feelings of loss and grief. Though she did remember times where the torture of being 30,000 feet in the air was actually worthwhile - the first time she left home for college, an escape to a tropical island, or a visit to see her beloved family. She had never been fond of flying in fact, it scared the living shit out of her. Gripping the sides of the seat, palms sweaty, Emily Cooper closed her eyes as the engines prepared for takeoff. She calculated the flight from Colorado to New York at three hours and forty-five minutes, after which, she knew her life would be forever changed - more so than it already had. ![]()
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