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    Standby
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    Standby

    By John Isaac Jones

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    Ever have a fantasy about bumping into an old flame in some unexpected time and place?

    Maybe a restaurant, a train station... or even an airport?

    That's what happened to Barbara McMillan while she was on standby.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Isaac Jones
    Release dateFeb 27, 2021
    ISBN9781393200352
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    John Isaac Jones

    John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of five novels, a short story collection and two novellas.

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      Standby - John Isaac Jones

      Standby

      John Isaac Jones

      Published by John Isaac Jones, 2021.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      STANDBY

      First edition. February 27, 2021.

      Copyright © 2021 John Isaac Jones.

      ISBN: 978-1393200352

      Written by John Isaac Jones.

      Standby

      By

      John Isaac Jones

      Barbara McMillan, towing her carry-on luggage behind her, strolled briskly along the blue-carpeted concourse walkway at Miami International Airport. She was headed to Gate 38 for Sunshine Airlines Flight 1262 to Atlanta. Earlier that day, she had overslept and missed the morning flight. Now she was on standby for the next flight, which was due to depart at 1:50. She glanced at her cellphone. The time was now 12:38. She would have more than an hour to kill. No problem. She had bought a magazine. She looked up. Ahead, she could see Gate 38.

      At the gate, the ticket counter was vacant, but

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