Living Abroad

Fear gripped me. My teeth ground against each other. This wasn't an old friend, it was something new. My feet kicked at thin air desperately. I moved half an inch. Sweat beaded on my forehead, collecting dust and then running into my eyes. My arms burned as my fingers dug at the hard packed clay s…

Thwomp. Thwomp. Thwomp.  The roar of the wind echoed in my ears as the sound of carbon fiber slicing through the air at high speed nearly drowned out the low scream of the helicopter's engine.  The pilot touched down briefly in a grassy field at the Valle di Assisi resort. Just long enough for mys…