Chapter 17
Tim watched Macy circle down into the valley. The LongRanger floated down into the valley as if it was as light as dandelion fluff despite the close canyon walls. Having done it the first time without power, this must have felt easy no matter how unnerving it was to watch.
She didn’t look at him as she powered down the helo.
He lay on the bank, still in his full gear, watching her neat, precise movements as the rotor blade wound down from pound, through beat, down to a soft whoop-whoop, then stilled into silence.
His ears rang.
Slowly the sounds reemerged, the splashing of the rocky creek, the rustle of the trees in the warm wind that was taking a midday stroll along the valley floor.
Macy stepped down and took his breath away. He’d figured out some things, but he had to s
