Between Earth and Sky

~Kaelen~

The car collected her at four thirty.

She was already in the lobby when I arrived. Light jacket, hair down, and that look of a woman who was awake and functional but had reserved judgement on whether the hour warranted it.

"Four thirty," she said.

"Sunrise doesn't negotiate," I said.

She looked at me for a moment. Then she walked to the car.

The balloon launch site was forty minutes outsi