Chapter 1

Awoken by the sound of the alarm by the bedside Zach gives a sharp grip on the clock and gives a peep at his phone. So late for an Ex-marine who got deployed back home after an incident took place while he was on the battlefield a bomb was tossed in front of his partner Raven. He pushed his partner and landed wrongly. Zach hit his head against a rock on the ground leading to Head injury Raven did not survive the blast. Zach's brother Mike died in a car accident the same day his partner died. He experienced the simultaneous death of his partner and brother. He had just attended the burial of his brother the night before he took a lot of alcohol and cigarettes which made him lose track of time. He was supposed to be at the airport heading to Santiago which was a town he and his brother grew up in. He wanted a fresh start and had gotten a job in a timber factory upstate. He got up from the bed to the bathroom, shaved and brushed, changed clothes, and tossed some shirts, jeans, and a cap in a duffle bag with his medals; it was all he had. Zach takes a cab to the airport but experiences traffic jams on the road due to road construction. He starts to feel a sharp pain in the head which makes him scream with his hands on his forehead. He quickly stops for a cup of black coffee with a little cream with no sugar and takes out a drug prescription from his right-hand jacket pocket removes 2 tablets tossed into his mouth pushing it down with the coffee. He takes another cab to the airport on getting to the terminal he catches a glimpse of a blonde with a model figure, with blues eyes popping same as a jogging suit she has a defined lip her purse dropped while she was trying to pass her luggage through the airport scanner he picks it up and handed it over to her she gives him a sexy smile seeing Zach who is tall chisel abs half Spanish with lovely brown eyes before passing his duffel bag through the scanner he smiles back and they engage in a conversation, “I am Zach” she replies “am Lauren”. It happens, she is heading to Malabres for a conference. She was a detective in Finicko special forces. He told her he was heading to Santiago and she replied “That Is far, are u running away from something”? He smiled saying “he is going to start all over. He has nothing here in Finicko”. She collects his mobile phone and dials her number saying don’t be a stranger to visit again I will be expecting your call. She walked away as her flight was announced to board. She waved at him smiling, and he smiled back and saved her number on his phone. While waiting for his flight he noticed an aged woman whose handbag was a bit heavy for her and also noticed another lady who was raising her voice while on the phone. A man approached him asking if the seat next to him was taken he answered firmly nope! He sits next to him asking him about the flight he was on. He was on the same flight with him forty-five minutes later, and a lanky white lady in red heels announced flight AZA 0343 for Santango and proceeded to board. He stands up and offers to assist the aged woman with her bag. They all got on the plane and were seated while some were still walking in. In ten minutes the air hostess announces the two pilots on board, fasten your seatbelt, time for take off. Hours later the air hostesses proceed to serve drinks and food to the passengers, a red-haired lady in her mid-twenties athletic body in a white and rosy red hostess dress which is almost her skin tone. With a calm tone and a smile on her face, she approaches Zach's Saying “What Will you like me to offer u”? Zack picks an orange juice with sausage rolls with a bottle of water. A lady sitting directly behind Zach asked for champagne but she already sounded tipsy as she was wearing headphones talking to herself while she watched a movie. Forty minutes later Zach took a lick to the toilet while he was in there, there was a bump he hit his head as he was tall he could reach the toilet curtain rails. He was done trying to wear his trousers and buckle his belt another bump this time it was harder and it lasted more than the first. He caught a firm grip on himself to avoid the first hit. He hurriedly finished and opened the door to an air hostess asking him to go to his seat. They were experiencing a little turbulence. He walked to his seat with the support of holding unto seats while he walked past passengers seated. On getting to his seat he quickly wore his seatbelt, the oxygen mask, and the tanks were down. It ended after a while. 

While in the flight deck, the pilots are struggling to maintain a steady speed because one of the aircraft engines stopped working. They had communicated through the radio’s transmitter about the issue but were told to try and land in Sayia. With this current issue, they had to reduce speed and pray it doesn’t rain. He had to inform other cabin crews they were murmuring about it when Zach had approached one of the air hostesses for vodka with Ice. He could notice the hands of the air hostess were shaking, he had to place his hand over hers as she held the glass and he asked in a low voice what’s the problem she replied “One of the aircraft engines stopped working that was the reason for the turbulence experienced” his eyes popped wide open he quickly tries to calm her down by asking her to seat, he walked to the flight deck and knocked on the door the pilot opened the door thinking it was one of the air hostess bringing the water he requested for earlier but he got a glimpse of a tall chisel abs man standing Zach Says “ I heard there is an issue can I help” The pilot replies, we already made communication we are asked to land in Sayia but for now we have to reduce speed and pray it doesn’t rain it’s still thirty- five minutes before we get to Sayia. Zach replies “Okay” The pilot pleads with Zach not to inform other passengers while they were having this conversation the turbulence started again the pilot has to ask Zach to go back to his seat and he slaps the door to the flight deck.