We have a free promotion to first class available.
I denied with my head.
No, thank you.
He looked at my card.
But you are in economics.
I know.
“We can...
My seat is fine.
I walked to the boarding gate.
I sat next to an older woman carrying a bag of tissue on her knees.
During the flight we talked a little.
Her name was Margaret.
He was traveling to meet his first grandchild.
I've never been to New York.
I had never flown alone.
I was scared during takeoff.
I offered my hand.
“Do you travel for work?” he asked.
"Yes.
What do you do?
I smiled.
I'm a doctor.
“How pretty.
And that was it.
He didn't know who he was.
He didn't look for my name.
He didn't ask for photographs.
I didn’t know that a year earlier my face had appeared on millions of screens.
