“There. Happy?”
“I’m not responsible for your behavior.”
“Did you post it anywhere?”
She hesitated.
“No. I saved a draft, that’s all.”
“Then delete that too.”
She looked annoyed but removed it.
She hesitated.
“Now will you tell her we’re fine?”
“No. I’ll tell her you deleted the recording. That’s the truth.”
I reached for Lily’s blanket.
“Now please let us finish our flight.”
“Now will you tell her we’re fine?”
A few minutes later, the organizer approached.
Amy was passing through the cabin and stopped beside us.
“Is everything all right?” she asked.
“There’s something I’d like to explain,” I said.
The organizer nodded.
“Is everything all right?”
“Liza showed me a recording, but it doesn’t show what happened before she started filming.”
A 50-Year-Old Woman Adopted Twins She Found Stranded on a Plane – The Next Day, a Strange Woman Knocked on Her Door and Said, ‘It Was Important That You Only Learned the Truth After You Adopted the Children’
A Woman Found Twin Baby Girls Left Behind at an Airport and Raised Them – 18 Years Later, They Handed Her a Phone and Said, ‘We Found Our Birth Mother,’ and When She Saw the Photo, She Nearly Fainted
A Woman’s Husband Forgot the Papers He Needed for His Business Trip, so She Drove to the Airport to Bring Them to Him – She Thought She Was Simply Saving His Presentation Until She Got There
“Lily was settling before Liza took out her phone. When I asked her to stop filming, she kept going. Her shouting made Lily cry again.”
Liza interrupted.
“I was only documenting the flight!”
Liza interrupted.
I turned toward her.
“Then why did you tell me you needed a reaction?”
The organizer frowned.
“What reaction?”
“I never said I wanted the baby to cry!” Liza protested.
“What reaction?”
“I didn’t say you did. I’m telling her what you told me.”
The organizer faced Liza.
“Did you continue recording after she asked you to stop?”
Liza hesitated.
Amy spoke calmly.
Liza hesitated.
“I also asked her to put her phone away when I first attended to them.”
The organizer nodded.
Then she turned to Liza.
“I’ll need to review your involvement in tomorrow’s event.”
Then she turned to Liza.
“You’re joking!”
“No. I invited you because your work was supposed to reflect care for families.”
Liza looked at me.
“Please tell her we’re fine.”
I met her eyes.
“You’re joking!”
“If this was all harmless, why did you need me to lie about it?”
She looked down.
I turned to the organizer.
“I don’t want anything from her. I just want my granddaughter left out of her videos.”
“I understand.”
She looked down.
Amy nodded.
“I’ll make sure you can finish your flight in peace.”
Liza returned to her seat.
This time, she didn’t say another word.
Liza returned to her seat.
Amy came back with a cup of tea.
“How are you holding up, Susan?”
“Better than I was an hour ago.”
“Would you like me to help with anything?”
Amy came back.
I looked at the bottle, blanket, and bag crowded around me.
“Actually, could you put that empty bottle away?”
“Of course.”
I handed it over.
“Of course.”
“Thank you, Amy.”
“You’re welcome.”
Lily slept through the rest of the flight.
When we landed, I waited until the aisle cleared before gathering our things.
Amy helped me retrieve the diaper bag.
“Thank you, Amy.”
“Enjoy your visit with your sister.”
“I intend to.”
Gina was waiting when I reached the arrivals area.
“There’s my girls!”
She hugged me carefully, then kissed Lily’s forehead.
“There’s my girls!”
“Oh, Susan. You look worn out.”
“I’ve had quite a morning.”
“Should I ask?”
“Only if you’ve got plenty of coffee.”
“Should I ask?”
She laughed and reached for the diaper bag.
“I’ll carry this.”
Normally, I’d have insisted I could manage.
Instead, I handed it over.
Gina looked surprised.
“I’ll carry this.”
“Well, that was easy.”
“Don’t get used to it.”
She linked her arm through mine.
“Come on. I’ve got lunch waiting.”
I looked at Lily, sleeping peacefully against my shoulder.
“Good,” I said. “Because for once, I’m happy to let someone else take care of us.”
