KATE DEPLANED IN ISTANBUL and went to the passport control point. A polite customs officer directed her to the Primeclass Lounge.
In the lounge, Kate found herself immersed in a world she hadn’t ever imagined. She had spent her life between studies and work and hadn’t left Montreal in over a decade, so the lounge looked like a different world.
Kate spent an hour and a half tasting the delicacies displayed and taking it all in. The cultural differences overwhelmed her at times, but she imbibed herself in all that novelty with a passion.
The time to embark came, and Kate regretted to leave the lounge. Spending time there had helped her forget about what waited for her at the end of the flight.
Kate dreaded the flight to Malaysia. She had to fly for almost eleven hours. That thought made
