Chapter 20 Alex

• Alex
• It really was the only way to travel. And there was something about seeing the city at night, lighting up while we soared over Manhattan, that lifted my spirits. Even if the experience wasn’t as new for me as it was for Lola.
• But still, even though I’d traveled a hundred times or more like this, it really was special to have Lola along with me. We soared among the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Lola laughed and started in fright as a flock of birds flew beneath us. And I stared at the city beneath me in wonder, as though seeing it for the first time through Lola’s eyes. Eventually, we touched down on the roof of a tall skyscraper on the southwest side of Central Park. As we landed on the helipad, I let the blades stop before I unbuckled my belt, and Lola unclipped hers.