Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie

Author:Madelaine Dickie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Published: 2019-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

You’re expected at the work Christmas party in Perth; Gerro Blue pays for a seat on the lunchtime flight. Whoever’s in the window seat hasn’t boarded yet, so you sit poised to get up. You’re still dressed in the company shirt and heels and are hoping to knock out an hour or so of work before you get to Perth.

—Excuse me.

Here she is, an older woman with the kind of sun-savaged skin that’s common up here.

You smile, and start to rise, but upon inspecting the logo on your breast, the woman jerks back, bumping the person behind her.

—Oh, I don’t think so.

The people on the stairs come to a sweating halt. The vents in the cabin spew white gas. A flight attendant approaches, nimbly slipping past a couple of passengers still stuffing their bags into the overhead lockers. It’s a small plane, three seats on one side, two on the other, and everyone hears the woman say,

—You should be ashamed of yourself, working for that mob. I don’t know how you sleep at night.

The unexpectedness of the attack leaves you mute.

—I refuse to sit here, the woman says loudly. You’ll need to find me another seat.

The flight attendant carefully paralyses her features.

—I’m sorry ma’am, you’ll need to sit in your allocated seat for take-off. It’s to do with the balance of the plane.

—I told you, I’m not sitting here.

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