A woman traveling with her husband via airplane hears the pilot talking and immediately recognizes his voice — he was a life she had touched years before. Linda Harrington was content with her life. She was a federal judge with a large amount of influence in the judicial circle. She had achieved a lot career-wise.

It was primarily her empathetic nature and unerring sense of judgment that helped her make the right calls in court. Besides that, she was a genuinely happy woman who had everything that spelled success. Her career was blossoming, and so was her family. Linda came from a wealthy home and had been lucky enough to marry into another wealthy family and her husband Larry loved her completely.

Given how rosy her life seemed to be, it is no wonder that she had a lot of love to give. She was extremely kind, and she loved children very much. One day, Linda joined her husband on a flight headed to their favorite vacation spot. It was their first in more than six months. “I still feel terrible for leaving the guys to deal with all the work back at the office,” she told Larry as they sat in the aircraft.

“You’ve been working a lot these past few months and so have I, we deserve a little break and some time to one another,” Larry said. The trip had all been his idea — he was terribly upset about her working so much that it seemed like they no longer saw much of each other. They were discussing the topic when the pilot started to address the passengers.

“Hello people, this is your pilot, Jackson Reeves, speaking. We will touch down in the Maldives in a few minutes so please fasten your seat belts and remain seated.” After the announcement, a slow, excited murmur spread out among the passengers, but Linda was frozen in place. “I know that voice,” she thought. Then she recalled the name.

“Jackson Reeves — I know that name,” she said to herself, turning the moniker over and over in her mind. “Honey, are you okay?” Larry asked her just as she remembered why the name lit a bulb in her mind. “I remember the pilot’s voice,” she said as the plane touched down and taxied down the runway.

As they were getting off the plane, she decided to hang back a bit for the pilot to see him and confirm that it was the person she knew. Larry had to patiently wait beside her as she stood, waiting while the other passengers made for the airport. “The things we do for love,” he sighed to himself. When the pilot exited the plane, he locked eyes with Linda and also froze in surprise.

Then he ran towards her, tears in his eyes. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. As soon as he arrived at the couple, he wrapped his arms around Linda and sobbed. It turned out that the pilot had been involved with a band of older males who did bad things while he was only 18 years old. The cops arrived sooner than planned on one of their small missions, and everyone fled.

Jackson had never stolen anything in his entire time with them, always waiting for the cops to arrive so he could sound the alarm. Everyone had been in a panic that day, but everyone had escaped except him. He was too slow and unskilled, and he ended up in the hands of the cops.

Because his friends lied and claimed that he was an important part of their operation, he was charged with a petty felony and sent to court. Linda’s domain. The woman handled the situation calmly. Because he did not take anything but was a witness , it was up to the judge to determine the decision.

She could have sent him to juvenile detention or a correctional center, but she was nice to him and thought that after the incident, he would put himself on the right track. She took pity on him and acquitted him of all charges in her court. “Thank you,” he said to her as she stood up to leave the court that day. “I pledge to work hard in school, attend university, and become a decent person!”

Linda knew that day at the airport when she gazed into Jackson’s eyes that the youngster might remember those experiences as well. “You kept your word,” she remarked as she peeled the overgrown youngster off herself, and when he nodded, she tenderly touched his cheek and went with her husband. “Ah, I see, another of your cases,” Larry remarked reverently.

Jackson was not the first guy they met who had nothing but admiration and respect for his wife. It always made him pleased to be the one by her side in such situations. “I’m just glad I made the proper choice for his sake,” she said to her spouse.