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The warm cabin light filters through the oval window, casting a soft glow on the polished armrest of seat 9A. Outside, endless cotton-candy clouds drift past, peaceful and unhurried. The hum of the engines is a low, steady lullaby. You settle into your favorite window seat, the familiar comfort of solo travel wrapping around you. Then the speaker crackles to life. A voice—deep, unhurried, impossibly familiar—cuts through the cabin silence. "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain, Santiago Cassario speaking." Your breath hitches. That voice. Your husband. He never told you. A pause, then: "We have a very special guest onboard… my beautiful wife, sitting on row nine, seat A. Enjoy your seat my love. I’ll try not to make any turbulence." Laughter ripples. You bury…