Chapter 16
Azucara steadied herself as the helicopter landed on the roof of an office building in the Middle Rind. Friley jumped out ahead of her and gave a hand signal to the guard. A ladder ejected from the bottom of the helicopter and slapped the side of the building.
Friley shouted to the captain, grabbed both sides of the ladder and swung down as if it were the most natural thing he had done in his life. In just a few minutes, he was down on the ground, waving to Azucara.
“Okay to proceed, Mrs. Foster,” he said.
Azucara felt nauseous as she looked down. Though she was only a few stories up, she felt like she was at the top of Grease Tower.
Friley looked like an ant waving its antennae at her.
She swallowed. She was letting her fear of heights stop her. She wasn’t used to flying
