I Regret Loving You for Five Years novel · Chapter 19 of 32
Chapter 19: Hero of the Ice
"Flew to safety," the power plant guy read out loud.
He'd come in behind us without anybody noticing.
"She denied the plane. I was standing right there in the galley when the doc read it."
"Everybody was," the comms tech said.
Gwen's voice crackled out of the speaker.
"I'm going to set something on fire. Over."
"Don't," I said. "You just got your job back. Over."
"Then I'm going to set something on fire very carefully. Over."
***
The photo was only the start.
Over the next three weeks, the news feed filled up with Wexler.
Wexler's red plane on the ice under the stars.
Amber in a white parka at the Christchurch warehouse, shaking hands with loaders who'd relabeled my epinephrine.
A slogan scrolled under every clip.
Heroes of the Ice. Wexler keeps them alive.
"Wexler keeps them alive," the cook said, tapping his gloved hand on the counter. "With what? My bacon?"
In August, the press release came.
Wexler Enterprises would host its first Heroes of the Ice gala in Seattle on November 14.
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