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Plus , get updates on new releases , deals , recommended reads , and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up  \nand see terms and conditions.  \nCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP  \nAlready a subscriber? Provide your email again so we can register this ebook and send you more of what you like to read. You will continue to receive exclusive offers in your  \ninbox.  \nFor my grandsons: Ethan, Aidan, and  \nRyan  \nAnd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines . . .  \nAnd Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.  \nAnd Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himselfwith all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.  \nJudges, Chapter 16  \nBut whoso shall offend one of these little ones   it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  \nMatthew, Chapter 18  \nAccording to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, roughly 800, 000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. Most are found.  \nThousands are not.  \nTHE NIGHT KNOCKER  \n1  \nHalf an hour after Tim Jamieson’s Delta flight was scheduled to leave Tampa for the bright lights and tall buildings of New York, it was still parked at the gate. When a Delta agent and a blond woman with a security badge hanging around her neck entered the cabin, there were unhappy, premonitory murmurings from the packed residents of economy class.  \n“May I have your attention, please!” the Delta guy called.  \n“How long’s the delay gonna be?” someone asked.“Don’t sugarcoat it.”“The delay should be short, and the captain wants to assure you all that your flight will arrive approximately on time. We have a federal officer who needs to board, however, so we’ll need someone to give up his or her seat.”  \nA collective groan went up, and Tim saw several people unlimber their cellphones in case of trouble. There had been trouble in these situations before.“Delta Air Lines is authorized to offer a free ticket to New York on the next outbound flight, which will be tomorrow morning at 6 :45 AM—”  \nAnother groan went up. Someone said,“Just shoot me.”  \nThe functionary continued, undeterred.“You’ll be given a hotel voucher for tonight, plus four hundred dollars. It’s a good deal, folks. Who wants it?”  \nHe had no takers. The security blond said nothing, only surveyed the crowded economy-class cabin with all-seeing but somehow lifeless eyes.  \n“Eight hundred,” the Delta guy said. “Plus the hotel voucher and the complimentary ticket.”  \n“Guy sounds like a quiz show host,” grunted a man in the row ahead ofTim’s. There were still no takers.  \n“Fourteen hundred?”  \nAnd still none. Tim found this interesting but not entirely surprising. It wasn’t just because a six forty-five flight meant getting up before God, either. Most of his fellow economy-class passengers were family groups headed home after visiting various Florida attractions, couples sporting beachy-keen sunburns, and beefy,  \nred-faced, pissed-off-looking guys who probably had business in the Big Apple worth considerably more than fourteen hundred bucks.  \nSomeone far in the back called,“Throw in a Mustang convertible and a trip to Aruba for two, and you can have both our seats!” This sally provoked laughter. It didn’t sound terribly friendly.  \nThe gate agent looked at the blond with the badge, but if he hoped for help there, he got none. She just continued her survey, nothing moving but her eyes. He sighed and said,“Sixteen hundred.”  \nTim Jamieson su","cbCailBzmjJaPntX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailBzmjJaPntX","pdf",3404341,595,"English","# THE NIGHT KNOCKER\n## Flight delay and seat offer negotiation\n## Tim’s escape fantasy and overnight voucher stay\n## Cashing the approved check","[{\"question\":\"What problem delays Tim Jamieson’s Delta flight?\",\"answer\":\"A federal officer needs to board, and the airline asks someone to give up a seat, causing escalating delays and compensation offers.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the compensation offers escalate during the cabin announcement?\",\"answer\":\"The airline starts with an offer including a free ticket, then increases the amounts step by step (with hotel vouchers and additional cash) as no passengers take the deal.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Tim do after waking up at the voucher hotel?\",\"answer\":\"He waits for the banks to open and then cashes the approved check, taking the money in smaller bills.\"}]","THE NIGHT KNOCKER - 1 - story excerpt | PDF",1791498555,916]