I stared at that foot for a long moment.
Then an idea popped into my head.
I leaned toward Susan.
“Will you help me? If she wakes up, just keep her distracted for a moment.”
“What are you planning to do?”
I whispered my plan into her ear.
Susan’s eyes widened. Then she covered her mouth to keep herself from laughing.
“Mary, are you seriously going to do that? You’re incredible!”
I smiled.
In less than a minute, everything was ready.
About forty minutes later, Linda woke up, stretched, and stood to go to the restroom.
She had taken only three steps when a man sitting across the aisle looked at her and burst into loud laughter.
Then another passenger started laughing.
Then several more.
Even the flight attendant stopped in surprise.
Linda looked around angrily.
“What’s so funny?”
Nobody answered.
She looked down.
Her face immediately turned bright red.
Then she spun toward me and screamed: