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As time went by, Ben’s “friendship” questions got more intimate. Any boyfriends? What about breakups? Any pets? What about her singing? Did she ever write songs anymore?
When she’d had enough of his questions, she shooed him away so she could focus on getting Knight and Day in order. It was fun work, a nice change from cleaning. She organized their paperwork, commissioned a better website, got Knight and Day added to TripAdvisor.
The brothers began trusting her with the check-in process as well. Every passenger had to write down their weight and next of kin, and sign a liability waiver. She educated herself about the regulations governing the remote airstrip, the specs of the planes, the history of the airstrip—because tourists asked about that kind of thing.
In the afternoon, she’d
