A Ruling Passion : A Novel (1990) - Plot & Excerpts
Chapter 1 alerie heard the small cough in the plane's engine and turned from her view of the forest three thousand feet below to look at Carlton, beside her in the pilot's seat. He was scowling. "Did you hear diat?" "What?" He glanced at her, his scowl deepening. "Hear what?" "The engine coughed." "I didn't hear it. Could be some condensation in the gas line." He flicked switches on the instrument panel to turn on the fuel pumps, then withdrew again into his own thoughts. "Are you sure? It didn't sound like it." "Since when are you a pilot?" he said impatiently. "Everything's fine. The plane checked out when we flew up here and that was only four days ago." "Well, if it's not the plane, what is it? What's wrong, Carl? You've barely said a word since we left: this morning; you rushed us out to fly home, three days before we planned to, and you won't tell me why." "I said you and the others could stay; you didn't have to come with me. I didn't even want you." "I know," she said wryly. **Why do you diink I insisted on coming?
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