Mantis and Alegria
“You bought one!” exclaimed Alegria when her father led her, Mantis, and Ma
tille out on the tarmac. “Wait. That’s K19’s plane.”
Pierre shrugged. “I made your friend an offer he couldn’t refuse. The delivery delay for a Cirrus Vision is presently over twenty-four months long.”
Alegria’s father winked at Mantis, who had been the one to finally convince Doc to sell the Vision to him.
When Pierre apologized to him, saying he wanted to be the one to fly with Alegria as she piloted her first flight since she’d been shot, Mantis hadn’t minded.
Instead, he focused back to the day, years ago, when Manon Mondreau, now Manon Cassman, took her first solo flight. The look on her face then was one he’d never forgotten and never would.
He and Matille waited in the SUV until they saw the plane approaching the runway to land. Bottle of Champagne in hand, Mantis waited until they taxied in and he finally saw the door open and his beautiful wife climb out of the plane.
He popped the cork and poured the bottle’s contents over both of them as he held her in his arms.
She laughed and laughed, just like she had the day he’d given her her call sign.
“I love you so much, Mrs. Cassman.”
“And I love you, Mr. Cassman.”
He rested his hand on her belly and caressed the bump he felt there.
“Ian’s first flight,” she beamed.
Mantis smiled too, not arguing about whether they were having a boy or a girl. Nor did he argue about the name she’d chosen for their baby if they had a boy.
Everything he’d thought he’d lost, he’d won again, and he was the happiest man alive.
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