The next day Bernard arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport twenty minutes before the arrival of British Airways Flight 943 from London. It was almost noon. It had taken him some time to track down Margaret's father to notify him of her death, and he didn't want to have her funeral without his presence, as he was the only remaining relative of her. When Margaret was twelve years old, her mother died of cancer, and her brother, Andrew, two years her senior, also died fighting in the war in Afghanistan, leaving her alone with their father. Bernard had met Andrew in his military service, and through him Margaret when the latter was twenty-five, falling in love instantly as soon as they met. They had been dating for two years when Andrew's sudden death in combat caused Margaret, in g
