Till Death Do Us Part

By Darrel Bird

A comfortably married man and woman who find themselves in a plane crash on the dry animal filled plains of Tanzania.
The plane goes off course because of an inaccurate compass, and their lives go off course as they come upon the most powerful creature they ever encountered, human nature, and unexpected love between a man and a woman.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Darrel Bird
• Release date: May 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458049575

Darrel Bird

Darrel Bird has written and published 47 short stories. He attended Bakersfield college, and is an avid motorcyclist.

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Till Death Do Us Part

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Darrel Bird

Copyright 2010 by Darrel Bird

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Till Death Do Us Part

Dan Baldwin was minding his own business, sitting in the seat of the company plane, reading a book. His working partner, Gloria Akins, was doing the same. Dan had a sweet job, a nice home, a loving wife, and two beautiful kids; his partner had the same, except she had one kid.

Dan was on the board of deacons at his local church in the burbs of Dallas. He was gone a lot, but it was a happy life. When his church asked him to serve on the board, he was glad to get a chance to serve. Gloria had just come on board as a company inspector, but she seemed like a nice person; she was outgoing, and she was also a Christian. They were both dedicated to their marriage partners, to their families, and to God.

Dan and Gloria were the only passengers aboard the plane for this trip. Dan noticed she wasn’t beautiful, but she wasn’t ugly by a long shot, and he liked her constant cheerfulness and smile. She wasn’t skinny, but she wasn’t fat; she was just normal. She had long auburn hair that flowed around her shoulders, and her smile lit up her face.

He would normally have preferred a man on this job, but $200 grand a year made him a lot more amiable about whom the company chose, and when his partner retired a month ago, Gloria was chosen. They were the only two ship inspectors the company employed. This was his first trip with her on board.

Life was good, and they both knew the direction they wanted to take in life. They were settled, and that was that. That