My Extraordinary Wife

No wonder the flight attendants were so upset when they heard he got married, Fred thought.

Lucas continued down the checklist. “Standard instrument departure?”

“Set up done.”

“Visual meteorological conditions?”

“Clear.”

“Visibility?”

“14.8km flight visibility; clear of clouds; ceiling at 5700 feet AGL.”

After going through the checklist, Nancy came to the cockpit and reported, “Captain Nolan, all passengers have boarded. Here’s the list.”

Nancy had flown with Lucas enough to know he was very particular about the details. She handed him the passenger list she had confirmed earlier.

Many pilots wouldn’t even bother checking the passenger list, but Lucas insisted on doing so to minimize the possibility of unwanted accidents.

the passenger list idly. When he spotted Ashlyn’s name, his lips curved up in a faint

plane was cleared on

steered the plane onto the runway and sped up. The plane eventually lifted off and climbed steeply

her chin on her palm and stared out the window at the clouds. After a while, her

so boring here. Why did he insist on asking me to

right

steering the plane in the cockpit with quick yet steady hands. Hmm, that sounds cool, she thought as her heart skipped a

reached its cruising altitude, so the cabin crew relaxed and started chattering. The flight attendants had flown with Lucas a few times and knew

that Mr. White’s

quite pretty. When they both boarded the plane, Mr. White waited on her carefully. He even

wonder if Captain Nolan

you can ask him. He’s in the

not. Captain Nolan is

attendants immediately

over and spotted the others laughing merrily. “Why are you

you to ask Captain Nolan something.” The

“What is it?”