A woman discovers the child sitting next to her on Flight 579 is beng kidnapped. |
Miranda James looked down at her watch, her plane would be taking off in two short hours and she would be on her way to Virginia to move in with her disabled mother. She looked at the long line of people ahead of herself laying their luggage on the conveyor belt and was glad it seemed to be taking forever. She sighed and shifted her feet hoping her knees wouldn’t give out from standing so long. Finally it was her turn and she practically threw her luggage onto the conveyor belt and rushed over to the TSA agent operating the metal detector. “In a hurry, miss?” he asked in a monotone. She shook her head, “No, sir, my legs just hurt from standing so long.” “I understand. Walk through for me and then grab your bags.” “Thank you. Have a nice day,” as she walked away she thought she heard him chuckle. The terminal was full and she was lucky to find a seat at her gate. She sat down quickly and pulled out her Kindle, she was reading the latest Stephen King novel. After an hour it was time to board and she found herself sitting next to an older gentleman and a little girl who could not have been older than four. She smiled politely and the little girl grinned. “Where are you going?” the child asked. Miranda smiled and replied, “Virginia. How about you?” She shook her head, “I don’t know,” she looked around and whispered, “I know I’m supposed to keep this a secret, but I have to tell someone,” she giggled. “Maybe you shouldn’t. Your daddy might get mad.” She giggled again and her blond curls bounced, “That’s not my daddy. I don’t know him that well.” Miranda’s blood suddenly ran cold. She looked around to see if anyone had overheard and of course no one had. She leaned closer to the girl, “What’s your name, honey?” “Angel Vance, but my new friend says my new name is Candy Kane and I’m going to be in movies.” Miranda was horrified! She had never heard of real movie stars using names like Candy Kane, only pornstars. She looked at the man and was shocked to realize he looked completely normal. His salt and pepper hair was neatly trimmed and styled into a comb over and he was wearing a very nice gray suit. Surely this child was lying, but how would a five year old make up such a tale? “Excuse me, sir,” Miranda said. The man turned to her and smiled warmly, “I know this is none of my business, but where are you two headed?” “To my movie studio in California. I’m in the adult film industry.” Miranda’s jaw dropped, “And you hired this little girl?” “I’m not a little girl!” Angel exclaimed, “I’m nineteen years old!” Her face turned a deep shade of red as the man began to laugh at her, “I am deeply sorry, you look like you should be in kindergarten. I assumed he was kidnapping you and making illegal porn.” Suddenly going home to her disabled mother didn’t seem so terrible. The man was still laughing and Angel was still fuming as she pulled out her Kindle and began to read. In an hour she would switch flights in Memphis and be headed in that direction. She hoped she had the row to herself. |