Beware of Flight Attendant by Cactus Moloney

Author:Cactus Moloney [Moloney, Cactus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Winter Canyon Publishing
Published: 2019-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

18 Stewart Buckeye

Buckeye's massive body encroached on the aisle way. His significant height was squeezed tightly between the economy section seats. He stood 6’4 in his size fourteen cowboy boots—his limbs were bursting out of the row. The man hunched his wide shoulders, trying to fit into the compact space, pulling his tattooed forearms onto his lap, attempting to shrink himself.

Buckeye was the US Air Marshall assigned to keep an eye on Senator Mike Young on the return flight to Miami. Recently, the senator had been receiving death threats, following a controversial vote. It was common practice to keep the in-flight assignments top secret. Buckeye was sitting in the exit row, in the middle of the economy section. Nobody on board the flight knew he was an air marshal, not even the senator.

At the ticket counter, the airline agent had given him the exit row upgrade after observing his considerable size.

“I don’t think you would fit in a regular economy seat!” She had teased him.

“Yes ma'am, that sounds just fine.”

He was dressed in worn down Wranglers and dusty cowboy boots. He wore a Navajo designed turquoise eagle on his silver belt buckle, a gift from his now deceased father. His faded gray t-shirt hugged his muscles, while clinching the extra ten pounds he had gained around his waist; a birthday gift for turning forty-five. Buckeye’s dark kind eyes were shaded by a cream-colored Stetson cowboy hat.

It was a fine spot to be in the middle of the plane. He could just see into the first-class section, with a clear view of the senator sitting in the aisle seat along the opposite side. He would have a direct line of sight to the politician until the flight attendant closed the dividing curtain. The senator appeared to be in rapt conversation with a clean-cut, dark haired man sitting behind him.

Buckeye regarded the old lady, Aunt June, accompanied by her service dog, one seat in front of him, on the other side of the aisle. Buckeye heard the elderly woman introduce herself and the dog to the messy haired woman, who was later escorted off the plane due to an allergy to dogs. Federal law ensures access to air transportation on all carriers for all individuals with a service animal. It was an interesting switch from the normal cultural animal hierarchy—where humans rule and dogs drool.

He had had several run-ins with the Staffordshire or American Pitbull breed during his years in law enforcement. Buckeye felt it was the owner, and how the dog was raised, that determined if the dog was aggressive or not. Buster was a bit frightening to look at with his larger than normal girth and cropped ears. Stewart supposed he was judging the dog based on its appearance, like people judged him for his tattoos and towering stature. He figured the dog probably had a fine disposition, seeing as a geriatric person was in charge. However, any strange dog was an unknown risk.

He knew Pitbulls were responsible for more than half of all dog attack injuries in the United States.

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