A Sad Embarkment
The man’s eyes swelled up with tears. At that moment he realized that he couldn’t do anything else, he had to follow the rules. He sighed and walked over to the waste bin. He grudgingly placed his neatly wrapped parcel in the bin and walked slowly toward the checkpoint.
As though nothing at all had happened, the boarding line started flowing again. Ivelise moved up and couldn’t stop thinking about what she just saw. When she reached the front she hugged Rico and whispered in his ear. She had a special request for him.