Grover “Shep” Shepherd is the only thing Felix Medrano loves more than being the current darling of Hollywood. He throws a star-studded surprise engagement party to declare their love to the world, and it’s a smash, save for one detail: Shep is a no-show. Felix knows Shep missed his flight home from New Orleans, but that was hours ago. What’s the hold up?<br><br>Shep’s still at the airport is what, watching flight after flight wing westward without him. Each time he sends Felix a progress report via text message, Felix replies with a romantic photo from their past, and Shep spends much of his airport odyssey Remembering When. It’s easy to see how these two fell in love, but can Shep possibly make it home in time to celebrate with Felix and their friends?

Say Cheese

“It’s hard to see,” she said patiently, “don’t ask me why. See the Chinese place?” She pointed again.


That he did see, and he told her as much.


“That’s how it looks from here. The concourse is right between them.”


She shrugged. “Why are the Kardashians famous? The world is a crazy place.”


“Especially the Houston part of it.” Shep lit out with a quick over-the-shoulder, “Thanks!”


“Yeah, it’s definitely annoying,” agreed the pear-shaped young agent currently ruling over the Gate52 domain. “Especially when I have to work one flight over there, one flight over here, the next flightover there…” He levered himself up from his chair and lumbered toward the counter. “You can see I’m not a runner.” He had a helpful, if unhurried air, and Shep took care to dial down his frustration, intuiting the importance of an airline ally when trying to fly standby.


Chapter 6