“Get this poor woman off the plane. Right now. She’s contaminating the air in first class.”
The captain’s voice thundered through the cabin. A few passengers burst out laughing.
Others raised their phones, delighted to catch a scene of public humiliation.
The woman in the faded sweater just tightened her grip on her old backpack, eyes steady, saying nothing.
“Your place is the terminal, not the sky.” The head flight attendant sneered, tearing her ticket in half.
She was shoved down the stairway amid mocking laughter as the PA system droned: “Apologies for the inconvenience.
The situation has been resolved.” Hours later, at Orion’s headquarters, an emergency meeting erupted.
When the doors opened, the same poor woman they had kicked off the plane walked in, now in a black tailored suit, a gleaming badge on her chest: Lysandra Vale, Chairwoman, Veil Arrow Holdings.
Behind her, the screen lit up with the headline “Veil Holdings Re-evaluates Acquisition of Orion Air.”
