Rayford’s heart sank when he drew close enough to see that this was not a Pan-Con 747 at all but a British Airways jet. He was struck with such conflicting emotions that he could barely sort them out. What kind of a cold, selfish person is so obsessed with the survival of his own wife that he would be disappointed that hundreds of people might have been saved on this plane? He had to face the ugly truth about himself that he cared mostly for Amanda. Where was her Pan-Con flight?
Putting a pin in this, because it’s at least a character choice, and that’s something that rarely happens in Rayford’s storyline. If it goes nowhere, I’ll have some questions later. (Update: in less than a page, Rayford comes back, but only after he can’t find his wife’s plane. So, yeah, this had no consequences, and I doubt it will prompt much soul-searching.)
