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Dee found herself trudging through the heat-hazed desert towards another aircraft that would take her to parts unknown. Her stomach rumbled with nervous energy. How many times would she face the same situation before it would stop making her anxious?
-If you’re smart, never.-
She held onto that. That the fear was an alert system that kept her vigilant rather than telling of her cowardice. Still, she was tired of being afraid. Tired of how normal it felt to have butterflies live in her stomach. She remembered when the most excitement in her life was dinner with Mike.
Mike.
How long had it been since she’d talked to him? She’d played off her sudden disappearance after promising a house-hunting trip on the other side of the country well enough. He continued to believe her story that s
