Newspaper reporter: How did you feel about your wife becoming a flight attendant at her age?
Max: Casey’s boundless vitality combined with a lifetime of experiences easily qualified her for the role.
Newspaper reporter: But her role turned out to be far from what you imagined, didn’t it?
Max: There have been some unusual circumstances, I’ll admit.
Newspaper reporter: Unusual? A fake bomb on board, placed there by a twin who tried to kill his own brother. And then as a follow-up, she helped a person fleeing from her country and her uncle, a maniacal killer.
Max only grunted in response.
Newspaper reporter: Were you alarmed after the first event?
Max: Of course, I was. In fact, I wanted Casey to step down from any future sleuthing, as the newspapers called it.
Newspaper reporter: And did she?
Max barked a laugh: She was caught in an unforeseeable set of circumstances that she could hardly ignore. Even I recognized that.
Newspaper reporter: From the beginning?
Max: Well, no, I admit, at first, I insisted that she leave the whole ordeal to the authorities.
Newspaper reporter: What changed your mind?
Max: Meeting Nisreen, an articulate, intelligent young woman, who only wished to save her sister, a fully trained doctor, from a life with no purpose other than to serve the will of a man in Pakistan. The same would have been true for Nisreen, an educated engineer. Casey convinced me and my heart softened.
Newspaper reporter: So what’s in store for Casey’s career as a flight attendant?
Max: I’m sure all the excitement is over and she will serve Cokes and attend to the safety of her passengers. Casey is the consummate flight attendant and, in her absence, I’ve become the gourmet cook.
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