Chapter 5 - Race Against Time in DenverTwo hours later, the Gulfstream touched down on the Denver runway so smoothly the tires barely chirped against the pavement.
An emergency medical vehicle and a sleek black sedan were already waiting on the tarmac. As soon as the stairs dropped, Victoria rushed down, but at the bottom, she paused and looked back up at the cockpit window.
"Thank you, Marcus," she called out, her voice filled with sincere emotion.
For the next four hours, Marcus waited in the airport pilot lounge. He called his sister to pick up Ethan from school, explaining that an emergency had come up at work. As night fell over Denver, Marcus sat in silence, wondering if his brief return to the sky was just a temporary lapse or the start of something new.
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At 10:00 PM, the lounge door opened. Victoria walked in. She looked exhausted, her hair slightly disheveled, but her eyes were glowing with relief.
"He made it through surgery," she whispered, slumping onto the sofa across from him. "The doctors said if I had arrived thirty minutes later... he wouldn't have survived. You saved his life, Marcus."
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