I almost threw up on the plane when the obese woman sitting behind me put her barefoot, dirty and stinky straight on my armrest. When I asked him to take it off, he laughed and said, “My feet need air. If you don’t like it, sit down somewhere else.” I’ve never seen such a brazenness. I decided to teach her a lesson and soon after, the whole plane was laughing at her. But when I found out who that woman really was and where she was traveling, I wished I had never done it…

I picked it up.

 

Inside the pendant was a photograph of a little girl.

 

“Is it your granddaughter?” I asked.

 

Linda looked at the photograph and began to cry even more.

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“She’s my daughter. Her name was Emily.

 

I didn’t understand why I talked about it in the past.

 

How old is he now?

 

Linda closed her eyes.

 

I was eighteen when he died.

 

A strange silence took over the plane.

 

I felt my heart shrink.

 

Linda continued with difficulty.

 

“Fifteen years ago he had a car accident. I raised her completely alone. My husband left us when Emily was just two years old. She was my whole world.

 

Gently stroked the pendant with your fingers.

 

After my daughter’s death, I was never the same person again. I stopped taking care of myself. I started eating constantly. Some days I couldn’t even get out of bed.