Chapter 20 - The Key To The Atlantic Horizon
The following afternoon, Nora stood on the tarmac of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, watching her corporate jet prepare for takeoff.
The sun was shining bright over Camelback Mountain, casting long, majestic shadows across the desert landscape she called home.
Daniel Moore stood beside her on the mobile boarding stairs, holding her leather travel bag with a warm smile.
“Are you sure you want to go alone to Ireland, Nora?” Daniel asked gently, brushing a strand of hair from her face.
“I need to do this step myself, Daniel,” Nora replied, looking into his eyes with deep affection.
“My father spent his life protecting me from shadows I didn’t even know existed.”
“It’s time I go find out what he left waiting for me on those cliffs.”
She took her bag from his hand, leaning up to press a soft, sweet kiss onto his cheek before stepping onto the jet’s top platform.
The flight attendant pulled the heavy cabin door shut, and the twin jet engines roared to life, taxiing out toward the main runway.
Nora sat in her window seat, holding the antique silver key in her right hand as the aircraft lifted smoothly into the clear blue sky.
Below her, the desert city of Phoenix shrank into a grid of shimmering light and glass.
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Ahead of her lay ten thousand miles of open ocean, a forgotten family secret, and a whole new world waiting to be conquered.
She closed her eyes, smiled softly to herself, and took her first deep breath of the infinite future.
