I Almost Threw Up on the Plane When the Obese Woman Sitting Behind Me Put Her Dirty, Smelly Bare Foot Right on My Armrest. When I Asked Her to Move It, She Laughed and Said, “My Feet Need Air. If You Don’t Like It, Sit Somewhere Else.” I’d Never Seen Such Shameless Behavior. I Decided to Teach Her a Lesson, and Soon the Entire Plane Was Laughing at Her. But When I Discovered Who That Woman Really Was and Where She Was Flying, I Wished I’d Never Done It…

“Ma’am, is everything all right?”

Linda didn’t answer.

Tears began streaming down her cheeks.

“I can’t lose it. Please, help me.”

The woman who had been laughing so smugly just minutes earlier was now sobbing uncontrollably.

Concerned, I stood up.

“What have you lost?”

“My little blue envelope. It was here. I’m absolutely sure.”

The flight attendant asked nearby passengers to check the floor.

Susan helped Linda sit down.

As Linda leaned forward, a small metal pendant slipped out from beneath her shirt.

I picked it up.

Inside the pendant was a photograph of a little girl.

“Is that your granddaughter?” I asked.

Linda looked at the photograph and began crying even harder.

“She’s my daughter. Her name was Emily.”

I didn’t understand why she had said was.

“How old is she now?”

Linda closed her eyes.

“She was eighteen when she died.”

An unusual silence fell over the airplane.