Skipping Work for a Holiday, Woman Encounters an Unforeseen Surprise on the Plane

Her boss, the very one she’d just lied to about being sick, was here on this flight. The same man she’d worked under for years, the same one she had tricked into giving her time off. Her mind raced. What if he was on the same vacation? What if he already knew she was lying and was here to catch her? She suddenly felt exposed, like a criminal waiting to be caught.