09/17/2026
As travelers laughed at the separation date read aloud from her letter, Morgan chose whether to expose the aisle seat theft to far higher rooms.
Behind them, a senior lead flight attendant abruptly stopped nodding and eyed the sealed pouch.
The man in the fleece leaned back across seat 3B, spreading his elbows wide.
"Terminated personnel don't ride up front, Morgan," he announced toward the forward galley.
His voice carried over the hum of boarding, sharp and theatrical.
Three executives in row two chuckled, turning around to watch the scene unfold.
Morgan stood in the aisle, her boarding pass held firmly between two fingers.
Her warm brown skin showed no flush of temper, her breathing steady and calm.
She looked down at her printed boarding pass, clearly marked for seat 3B.
He dropped his heavy leather briefcase directly onto her canvas courier pouch on the floor.
A sickening crunch echoed as he drove his heel against the official seal.
"You should have cleared out your desk quietly last month," he sneered.
A few more passengers smirked, assuming she was just a disgruntled former employee.
Morgan kept her voice low, level, and entirely devoid of panic.
"That pouch has an active military transit seal, Mr. Vance," she said.
Vance barked out another laugh, glancing around the cabin to collect their smiles.
"You're not a courier anymore, and you certainly don't outrank me here."
He ground his heel down a second time, tearing the tamper-evident perimeter tape.
The lead flight attendant pushed forward from the galley, scanner raised in hand.
"Sir, don't touch that piece again," the attendant ordered, suddenly pale.
Vance smirked, raising his chin as the entire first-class cabin waited on Morgan's answer.
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