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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htmShe still might have made her connecting flight, but the shuttle bus which makes a circle around theLogan terminals was late. Rachel waited, now in a kind of constant low-grade panic, shifting from footto foot as if she needed to go to the bathroom, switching the travel bag her mother had loaned her fromone shoulder to the other.When the shuttle still hadn’t come at 11:25, she began to run. Her heels were low but still high enoughto cause her problems. One of her ankles buckled painfully, and she paused long enough to take off theshoes. Then she ran on in her pantyhose, past Allegheny and Eastern Airlines, breathing hard now,getting the beginnings of a stitch in her side.Her breath was hot in her throat, that tuck in her side deeper and more painful. Now she was runningpast the international terminal, and there, up ahead, was Delta’s triangular sign. Sheburst in through the doors, almost dropped one shoe, juggled it, caught it. It was 11:37.One of the two clerks on duty glanced up at her.“Flight 104,” she panted. “The Portland flight. Has it left?”The clerk glanced behind him at the monitor. “Still at the gate it says here,” he said, “but they called forfinal boarding five minutes ago. I’ll call ahead. Bags to check?”“No,” Rachel gasped, and brushed her sweaty hair out of her eyes. Her heart was galloping in her chest.“Then don’t wait for me to call. I will—but I advise you to run very fast.”Rachel didn’t run very fast—she was no longer able. But she did as well as she could. The escalator hadbeen turned off for the night, and she pounded up the stairs, tasting copper shavings in her mouth. Shereached the security checkpoint and almost threw the tote bag at the startled female guard, then waitedfor it to come through on the conveyor belt, her hands clenching and unclenching. It was barely out ofthe X-ray chamber before she had snatched it by the strap and ran again, the bag flying out behind herand then banging her on the hip.She looked up at one of the monitors as she ran.FLIGHT 104 PORTLAND SCHED 11:25P GATE 31 BOARDINGGate 31 was at the far end of the concourse—and even as she snatched her glance at the monitor,BOARDING in steady letters changed to DEPARTING, blinking rapidly.file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (274 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:50 PM
file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htmA frustrated cry burst from her. She ran into the gate area just in time to see the gate attendant removingthe strips which read:FLIGHT 104 BOSTON--PORTLAND 11:25.“It’s gone?” she asked incredulously. “It’s really gone?”The attendant looked at her sympathetically. “It rolled out of the jetway at 11:40. I’m sorry, ma’am. Youmade a helluva good try, if that’s any consolation.” He pointed out the wide glass windows. Rachelcould see a big 727 with Delta markings, its running lights Christmas-tree bright, starting its takeoff roll.“Christ, didn’t anyone tell you I was coming?” Rachel cried.“When they called up here from downstairs, 104 was on an active taxiway. If I’d called her back, shewould have gotten caught in the parade going out to Runway 30, and that pilot would have had my beehindon a platter. Not to mention the hundred or sopassengers on board. I’m very sorry. If you’d been even four minutes sooner—”She walked away, not listening to the rest. She was halfway back to the security checkpoint when wavesof faintness rode over her. She stumbled into another gate area and sat down until the darkness hadpassed. Then she slipped her shoes back on, picking a squashed Lark cigarette butt off the tattered soleof one stocking first. My feet are dirty and I don’t give a fuck, she thought disconsolately.She walked back toward the terminal.The security guard eyed her sympathetically. “Missed it?”“I missed it, all right,” Rachel said.“Where were you headed?”“Portland. Then Bangor.”“Well, why don’t you rent a car? If you really have to be there, that is? Ordinarily I’d advise a hotelclose to the airport, but if I ever saw a lady who looked like she really had to be there, you are that lady.”“I’m that lady, all right,” Rachel said. She thought about it. “Yes, I suppose I could do that, couldn’t I?If any of the agencies has a car.”The security guard laughed. “Oh, they’ll have cars. Only time they don’t have cars at Logan is when thefile:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (275 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:50 PM
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