Chapter Ten
Gordon had been right; they didn’t rush to a fire as soon as they were on the ground.
They’d landed at Cairns International airport at the northeast corner of Australia after more than twenty hours in transit. Unlike the first leg, Ripley hadn’t slept a wink on the much longer Hawaii-Australia flight. By some chance, most of the other plane’s MHA crew came over to join them and the passenger area of the second Antonov had turned into a party zone.
It wasn’t until they were aloft that she missed Gordon. She’d asked around and Jeannie had seen him with Mickey on the other aircraft. Ripley felt bad about that. She’d avoided him on the ground because she’d needed some time to process Vanessa’s encouragement. The others’ too, but it was Vanessa’s feelings about Gordon that had th
