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He glanced atit?”

I sat up and blurted, “What? No! I don’t have a death wish”

“You’ll be fine There’s nothing to crash into out here”

“There’s the ocean, Lorie I could nosedive into the water”

He said, as calmly as ever, “There’s absolutely no chance you’ll do that”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because I trust you Go ahead and take the wheel”

“Why?”

“To prove to yourself that you can do this”

I stared at him for a few moments, and then I took a deep breath and wrapped my hands around the wheel in front of me He relaxed his hold on his wheel and rested a hand on ”

“Really?”

“Try turning it”

Ihappened”

He grinned atit a lot more than that”

It wasn’t anything like driving a car When I gave the wheel what I considered a sharp turn, the plane gradually arced to the left But that was enough forit!”