Chapter 23
“Welcome to Phoenix. The current time is 8:33 P.M. Passengers with a connecting flight should double check their next gate at the kiosk outside. Thank you for flying with us, and have a nice night.”
Once again, I was reluctant to get off the plane. I wanted to stay on it, fly back to Maryland. To home.
I followed the hustling and bustling passengers and eventually exited the metal container. The flight attendants smiled happily as we went.
The first thing to hit me was the heat. The tail end of October and it was still eighty degrees outside, even this late at night. Normally, this would be perfect, the kind of nights all Phoenicians dreamed of. But now, it was too hot. I wished I was bundled up in a jacket and scarf, with Colten’s warm hand in mine.
Tears threatened to fal
