Jan's busy life was one long rush; a full day's office work for a most exacting boss, then housekeeping for her father, sister, and brother, on a frighteningly inadequate income. Even the long journey to and from work had to be spent usefully in knitting. But still her thoughts found time to stray far, far into the sky, where a certain test pilot carried out his thrilling, dangerous missions.
No that Jan imagined that Mike would ever give her a serious thought. Everybody knew that he was attached to Erica Scott-Manly, daughter of the head of the firm. Erica was beautiful, clever, and rich and quite unspoiled by all the gifts Fortune had given her.
