A few seconds passed.
The cabin remained relatively quiet.
Then the speakers crackled again.
“Actually, folks, before we leave, I need to say something a little different today.”
I lowered my phone slightly.
Something about his voice had changed.
He didn’t sound frightened. He wasn’t stumbling over his words, and there was no obvious sign that anything was wrong.
But he sounded unusually serious.
The playful tone that had accompanied his earlier announcement was gone.
I exchanged a glance with Mason.
He was still smiling, although his expression had begun to shift into curiosity.
Tyler continued.
“Before we take off, I’d like to do something I’ve never done on a flight before.”
I felt a strange flutter in my stomach.
What was he talking about?
Tyler had been a pilot for nearly nine years. He had welcomed thousands of passengers aboard and delivered countless announcements.
Why would he suddenly decide to do something different today?
