Brittany looked at me.
Then she glanced down at her neatly braided hair.
Finally, she looked at her phone.
She had not turned it back on.
“No,” she said quietly. “I don’t think that’s necessary.”
Kelly nodded.
“I’ll still need to document what happened. Both of you should understand that the airline may follow up afterward.”
“I understand,” I replied.
“So do I,” Brittany said.
After Kelly left, I turned toward Brittany.
“May I ask why you changed your mind?”
She stared at her hands.
“Because I know what the video looks like.”
“And what does it look like?”
She let out a humorless laugh.
“Like I deserved what happened.”
I considered that.
“I would have phrased it more gently.”
She looked up.
“But you would have agreed?”
“I would have agreed that your behavior was unacceptable. I would not say you deserved to have your property damaged.”
Brittany was quiet.
