CHAPTER 2She didn’t know how long they had been in the air; maybe only about forty-five minutes or so. It could have been over an hour for all she knew. Ed told her he was going to circle the clearing below, and come up from it on the other side. “Easier for me to take off again,” he said.
“We’re here?” she asked.
“We’re here.”
He circled around the clearing, just like he said he would, and then began his landing maneuvers. Marren thought her anxiety would escalate again as the plane descended, but found that her discomfort with meeting Helnsley far surpassed her petty phobia. She gathered her wits and took in a few secretive deep breaths hoping she would find the strength to meet him without trembling and perspiring too profusely.
The Cessna’s landing was a little bumpy, but all in al
