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HI REECE!

Bro doesn’t deserve Cam.

Why are you guys fake dating when it’s obvious you’re in love?

I hold my breath, eyes scanning the comments and looking for clues:

Try CPK like the video.

Ask security.

Call her maybe????

Bro check Instagram!

And then:

@DareDonut78 I caught her boarding her flight. She was crying :(

My heart stops. “DareDonut78, you saw Cam? What flight was she on? Where was she headed?”

I wait, each second stretching into eternity, until:

@DareDonut78 Her flight to LA left like 20 mins ago.

LA. That’s helpful. But it means she’s gone.

@DareDonut78 She was talking to the gate agent about booking a red eye to New York after LA.

I exhale sharply. She’s not just leaving Hawaii; she’s leavingme. She’s going home.

“Are you absolutely sure it was New York?” I ask, desperation bleeding into every syllable.

@DareDonut78 YES! 100% SURE! Delta. Gate 24. I heard the whole convo!

I wrap up the livestream with a hasty thank you, my mind racing. I spot her plane info on the departure board—if it took off twenty minutes ago, she’ll touch down at LAX by seven p.m. I might have a tiny window to catch her prior to her boarding for New York. It’s slim, but it’s something.

I need a plane.And then it hits me—I know a pilot.

I pull up my contacts, scrolling frantically until I find it—“Captain Love.” I hitCall, circling anxiously as it rings.

“Cupid’s Cockpit, where love takes flight. Captain Mitchell speaking.”

“This is Reece Dare. I need to get to LA. Right now. Are you in Maui?”

“Sorry, I just got off the ground and I’m heading back to Cali,” he says.

A pause, then… a proposition.

“But there’s no further charters on the schedule. I can turn around, Mr. Dare, but jet fuel’s expensive.”

“How’s a hundred grand sound?”

“Sold! Wow, love must be in the air.”

“How soon can we leave?”

“I’ll be back, fueled, and ready to go in twenty minutes.”