It was a cold evening flight from Denver to New York.
The sky outside glowed faintly orange, fading into indigo as the plane climbed above the clouds.
Anna Williams, 33, sat quietly in Row 22,
her wool coat wrapped tightly around her like armor she couldn’t shed.
She hadn’t taken it off since her husband’s funeral three days earlier.
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