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    Change of Plans
    Chapter One
     
     
     
    Kelsie Stanton stared at the flight schedule screen, not believing her eyes. Flight 232 to Chicago, delayed. Flight 1924 to San Antonio, delayed . Most importantly, flight 1746 to St. Petersburg, Florida, delayed . It was snowing, but she didn’t realize the weather was bad enough to cause all the delays. Not one flight appeared to be leaving on time.
    She approached the ticket counter, where a dozen other people fired questions at the clerk. “When will the Chicago flight be leaving? We were supposed to be boarding by now.” An angry-looking man pounded his fist on the counter.
    “ Do you know how long before they’ll give clearance?” Someone else asked, and the clerk raised her hands with a shrug.
    “ Please, everyone.” The uniformed woman tried to gain control. “The snow isn’t letting up, and several more inches are expected. We haven’t been told when flights will be taking off again. Unless the weather cooperates, it might not be tonight.”
    “ Not tonight!” Several frustrated people echoed her words.
    Kelsie moved away from the crowd. She doubted the clerk could give her any information. She ’d just have to sit down and wait the storm out. Pulling her rolling carry-on behind her and clutching a backpack, which held her purse and other valuables, she found a seat near a television tuned to the weather.
    “ It’s the third crippling blizzard Denver has seen this season,” the announcer stated. “With seven inches on the ground and another foot anticipated, the airport, having already closed twice in the month of December, may be looking at another shutdown.”
    “ Oh for Pete’s sake!” Kelsie pulled her cellular phone from her bag and dialed home. “Hey Mom,” she said when she heard the pick-up. “Have you seen the weather?”
    “ Kelsie, thank goodness! Where are you? There’s a blizzard out there. They’ve closed Interstate seventy west of Russell.”
    “ I’m at the airport in Denver, Mom. It looks like I may be here for a while. My flight’s delayed, with no indication when it’ll be leaving.”
    “ At least you’re safe. I was worried you might still be on the road.”
    “ Nope, I made it. It wasn’t snowing that hard when I left Kansas. It got worse the farther west I drove. I still didn’t think it was bad enough to ground planes.”
    “ They know what they’re doing. I’d rather have you safe, then flying in this mess.”
    She chuckled. “You’d rather have me home than going to Florida for spring break, admit it.”
    “ I didn’t mind you going,” her mother said hesitantly, but Kelsie knew it was a lie. Since her father died ten years ago, her mother had been extremely over-protective. It got worse right before she went off to college at Kansas State University. The school was only two hours from home, but it was located in a city much bigger than the rural town she grew up in. Her mother tended to be paranoid. She said she knew what kind of things happened in big cities, to which Kelsie could only chuckle. Everything that could happen to her in a bigger city had already happened to her in McPherson.
    “ Look, Mom,” she said into the phone. “I’m going to sit here and watch the weather. I’ll keep my phone on, and let you know when something changes.”
    “ Okay honey,” her mother replied nervously. “You should call your cousin Cheryl and let her know you’ve been delayed. She was planning to meet your plane.”
    “ Yes, I will. Thanks Mom. I’ll talk to you soon.”
    “ I love you, Kels. Be safe.”
    “ I will. Don’t worry. Bye, Mom.” She disconnected the call and shoved the phone back into her bag. Her cousin wasn’t expecting her for hours. If she waited to call, she might have news.
    A loud group of about eight guys passed in front of her, depositing their carry-on bags in the empty seats next to hers. “Go find out what’s going on!” One of them slurred to