anymore. Maybe I never would be. But I knew what I had to do.
For the first time since we boarded, I stood up, feeling every pair of eyes on me. The notebook was steady in my hand. I didn’t look at my mother. I didn’t look at Rex. I didn’t owe them a thing anymore.
But I owed those 216 souls my courage.
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