again later?” Franklin asked.

“I tried. I found him through a DNA website. A neighbor’s kid helped me email him. His name is Josh. He replied once and said he was fine and didn’t need me. I sent him a few more emails and apologized, but he never replied again.”

“Then why are you on this plane if you don’t want to see it?”

“Because he’s the pilot. Today is his birthday – January 22, 1973. I’m getting older and I don’t know how much time I have left. I wanted