Ok, I get it. Still don’t like it in this context. The story involves himself only, and I just think it would read far more smoothly if he said kept it I, me, mine. I kept seeing groups of people taking off on a plane heading for DC or LA, meeting in offices, etc.
No harm, no foul and Thanx for the response (I did like the story itself).
We liked it, too, enough for us to post it ;)