Her expression changed.
Somehow, Emma’s seat appeared to have been assigned twice.
That was the first moment
I realized this wasn’t going to be as simple as asking the woman to move back to her correct seat.
The flight attendant looked at the crowded aisle, then leaned closer to me.
“There’s
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another empty seat three rows behind,” she said quietly. “Would you be willing to sit there so we can finish boarding?”
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I stared at her because I wasn’t sure I had heard correctly.
“You want me to leave my ten-year-old daughter beside a complete stranger?” I asked.
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The flight attendant told me she would keep checking on Emma.
I understood that she was trying to solve a boarding problem quickly, but all I could think about was the reason I had paid extra in the first place.
