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As she looked at him now, relaxed but alert, clearly in his elementit was as if he’d been born to fly

She wanted to bombard him with questions but, despite the unexpected s to be told ca—the nausea in her stoe where all her concentration had to be devoted purely to breathing and sing the saliva that had filled her mouth

‘Everything okay in the back?’ he called out to her

‘All dandy Thank you’ She inhaled deeply and closed her eyes

‘There are sick bags in the side pocket of your chair,’ he said after a few moments of silence had passed

All she could runt

It was Cara’s thank you that alerted Pepe to souessed on the jet to Paris fro fro for had come of it

He’d piloted enough people in the past decade to knohen soht then, he could hear in the deepness of her breathing that she was one of the unfortunate ones He didn’t iine she would extend politeness towards him under any other circumstance

‘There’s a neck pillow in the side pocket too,’ he called out over his shoulder, pressing the button to turn the air conditioning on ‘If you put it on it’ll help keep your head stable Find a fixed point in the horizon to focus on I promise I will make the ride as sood’

He received another grunt in return

If there was one thing he had learned it was that those afflicted by motion sickness were never in the mood for idle chit-chat All he could do to help on any practical level was concentrate on the job in hand and do his best to keep the craft in as straight athe ‘doors off’ approach, but at the tiht it would probably terrify her if she was alone in the back

Every now and then he would ask if she was okay and get a grunt in return He didn’t hear any sound of retching or vo, so that was a plus

By the time he landed on the field a few , all was silent

When he climbed over the partition to help her out, he almost did a double take He had never seen anyone turn that particular shade of green before Except, maybe, the Incredible Hulk

She’d taken his advice with the neck rest, but apart from that she’d clearly dealt with herher seat as far back as it would go and keeping her eyes scrunched closed Her hands gripped an e, her knuckles white

He slid the door open to let the air in then went back to her He crouched down and placed a hand lightly on her shoulder ‘We’re here’