"I stared at my hands again, fighting the urge to bite my fingernails off. "So I tripped him."When I looked up her glare felt like a bad sunburn."And ...ushed him," I admitted. "And that's why he fell down the stairs. But it wasn't far. You know there's only four of 'em." Regardless, someone could have been badly hurt," she said. Her disappointment was worse than a tongue-lashing, making me feel sick to my stomach.She sighed and shook her head slowly from side to side. "To crib from the Bible,. The mother thanks her. The girl is delighted to be looking out the window for a little while longer.Talking to the mother I find out this is the girl’s first flight, so she’s excited about it. I smile, “That’s better than being like me.” The mother looks at me strange, so I reply, “I’m scared of flying, partly from a bad incident in a light aircraft as a kid, and partly from not being in control of the vehicle. That’s why I get a window seat, so I can try to sleep through most of it. When I’m. "I've already got a couple of kids why would I want more?"Helen was in shock as he had never told her he had children."Where are they?" God knows ... the Mother was in Queensland last I heard. Anyway after that I got myself snipped so no more accidents could happen." You lied to me, you said you wanted children." So I lied ... big deal. You have a great life, all the luxuries you could want without being tied down with any snotty nosed brats." You bastard ... you know I wanted children. I. So much for the fancy scope, Monique thought as she turned her combat pistol on her other opponent.The man, obviously not much of a marksman and hampered by handling a shotgun in a combat situation with only one arm, did the sensible thing. He tossed his gun to the side, fell to his knees, clutched his heart, peed himself and pled for his life. The fact Monique was too far away to hurt with a shotgun didn't help him. "Please don't shoot! I'm no threat. I just did what he told me."Keeping both.