A Joke About A Helicopter Revealed A Past They Never Expected

desperation. She needed a pilot.

I looked at the helicopter. I felt a pull in my chest I hadn’t felt since the accident that retired me. Since the shrapnel. Since the funeral.

“You’re serious?” I asked.

“Dead serious,” she smirked. “But try not to crash it. It costs more than your life.”

I dropped my rag into the bucket. Plop.

I wiped my hands on my gray continue reading …