Even after the woman insulted me, blamed my children, and took the space we had paid for, Emma’s first instinct had been to protect a stranger from embarrassment.
She had noticed something trapped beneath the woman’s leg and quietly tried to tell her.
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The woman had chosen not to listen.
Now the decision was no longer Emma’s to make.
The flight attendant straightened beside row eleven.
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Her attention stayed on the woman.
The woman looked up at her but still didn’t speak.
The attendant said something quietly that I couldn’t hear from row fourteen.
The woman shook her head once.
The flight attendant repeated herself, this time firmly enough that the nearest passengers clearly understood the instruction.