High-Altitude Hostage: My Ex Commands the Tower의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

Lightning exploded outside the cockpit, its blinding light turning the cloud layers startlingly white. A second later, the plane plunged, and the red warning lights flashed on the dashboard.My co-pilot, Jacob Zimmerman, white-knuckled the control stick. The vein at his temple throbbed. "Captain, the engine fire extinguisher will only temporarily keep the flames at bay. At the rate our fuel's dropping, we won't have enough to last 18 minutes up here!"We were 34,000 feet in the air. The plane's right engine had caught fire. The plane's body was busted from the hail, and parts of the plane were losing pressure. Any of these malfunctions was enough to cost the lives of everyone on board.Static briefly sounded through my headset, followed by Lara Kingsley's indifferent voice as she said, "Easthawk 791, maintain current altitude, continue holding. Do not descend until cleared by Aurora Control."I clenched my fingers. "Mayday, mayday, mayday, Aurora Control, Easthawk 791. 314 passenge

The cries and screams in the cabin gradually died down. Over 300 passengers waited for me to continue speaking.I glanced at the fuel balance. We had ten minutes."Our plane is currently experiencing an emergency, and we have requested an emergency landing. But before that, there's something I must confess."My throat tightened, and each word was like a blade slicing through me."Five years ago, I walked out on my wife, Lara Kingsley, on our wedding day. I cheated on her during our marriage and left her for another woman."A deathly silence fell over the cabin. A moment later, the passengers' repressed discussion exploded through the interphone.Jacob turned away, his eyes red with tears. He knew what happened five years ago, so he knew better than anyone that I was lying through my teeth.Lara, however, laughed. "Tell them you're an ungrateful piece of shit who can't even honor our wedding day. Tell them this is the universe's punishment for you, and that the passengers are str

With the right engine completely out of commission, the plane plunged. Lights greeted us from beneath the cloud layers. We were getting closer to land."Captain, the runway's right ahead!" Jacob's voice trembled.I clutched the control stick as though my life depended on it and slowly tipped the plane upright. There were no guiding lights or instructions from the control tower. The runway, still under maintenance, loomed before us like a ray of hope in the dark."Tell the cabin to brace for impact.""Roger that!" Jacob switched on the PA system, his voice reverberating through the plane. "Everyone, keep your heads down and lean forward, wrap your arms around your heads, and do not leave your seats!"I could hear cries coming through the cockpit door.I stared at the ground pulling up before us, feeling as if time had never passed so slowly as it did now.The plane went past the equipment before the runway and struck the ground hard. There was a loud bang, and I was pinned to my

Third-Person POVLara froze. "But haven't you been abroad all this time? You weren't even back on the day of my wedding!"Tears spilled from Megan's eyes. "Was that what Dad told you?"She fished an old phone out of her purse. "On your wedding day five years ago, I was at a hotel just a little over a mile away from the venue."That year, Megan's ex-boyfriend had blackmailed her with explicit photos of her. She kept it from her family for fear of word getting out, so she flew home to confront her ex-boyfriend alone. However, he kept harassing her even after taking her money. Stuck in a bind, Megan decided to swallow sleeping pills in the hotel.Just before she blacked out, she called Lara's number. But Lara was getting her makeup done, and her phone was charging in the lounge.Anthony had gone back to the lounge for the wedding bands when he heard Lara's phone ring."I was looking for you, Lara," Megan explained, her voice thickening. "But Ant picked up my call instead."…An

Leo showed up at the hospital within half an hour of Lara's arrest. When he opened the hospital room door, he didn't look at me right away, but at the old phone in Megan's hand."Who told you to come home?" He stormed forward and grabbed Megan's wrist. "Come with me now!"Megan forcefully shook off his grip. "How long will you keep lying to us, Dad?""I lied to you to protect this family!" Leo lowered his voice. "Do you think Lara will be the only one who gets hurt if word of what happened five years ago were to get out? Your photos, your attempted suicide, and our family's reputation will be the talk of the town!"Megan paled, but she didn't back down. "So you decided to let Lara hate Ant for five years? You had my recording all this time! Why didn't you hand it to her?"Panic flashed across Leo's face, but he quickly resumed his firm stance. "Everyone at the wedding saw Lara getting jilted at the altar. The Kingsleys became the laughingstock of upper-class society! Anthony could