CHAPTER TWO
All day Friday, Gloria rushed around, finishing her chores in time to get to the airport to meet Aunt Beth. It was a long drive to the Miami International Airport, and the freeway was sure to be glutted with traffic. At two o'clock in the morning, the trip from Miami to the airport could take perhaps eighteen minutes. This afternoon, it took almost an hour and a half.
As she pulled into the air terminal parking lot, Gloria saw a sleek Eastern silver jet slowly dropping down to land. She sensed that this was the plane that Beth was on, so she quickly parked the car and ran into the building. She searched for the Eastern lounge and arrived at the gate just as she saw the blonde-haired, stylishly dressed woman coming down the landing ramp.
She stared at the youthfulness of the
