Caribbean Gold

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Alicia Myles perched on the very edge of her economy plane seat, probably freaking out all those around her as the plane twitched in turbulence, but not really noticing or caring.

Her thoughts were far away, the light buffeting barely registering with her.

How quickly and randomly life spun. How fleeting its best moments. How quickly a bright future could turn into a vision from hell. It wasn’t as though — this time at least — she’d made any mistakes. All her decisions had been made fairly, for good reasons. But still, she never seemed to be able to come out of any situation with a sense of peace.

In my life there has never been peace.

But dwelling now wasn’t going to help her. She was a soldier, part of an elite team, but had taken a few days away to help out a friend. That friend — her old boss.

Michael Crouch had called at an incredibly poignant time. She remembered his words and her feelings like the sound of her own breath.

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