She was still looking at her phone when a flight attendant came to her and asked,
"Miss, are you flying by China Southern Airlines to JFK?"
"Oh yes."
"Ma'am please come and board the flight. It's almost the end of our final call."
"Oh, I am really sorry. I just ... I was a bit".
"May I have your boarding pass please?"
Akira handed her the boarding pass and got up from her seat.
"Ma'am please follow this way."
The flight attendant could sense that there was something wrong with her. She looked like a wreck. Like something bad had happened to her. So she decided to escort her till her seat inside the flight.
She took her to the business class section and helped her sit at her seat number five.