Chapter 2

"Officer, this is a misunderstanding!"

My voice cracked with urgency as my hands gripped the handle of my suitcase desperately.

"I'm Chloe, the chief physician at Hope Hospital. There's a critically ill seven-year-old child waiting for me to save their life!"

"There's absolutely no gasoline in my bag. She's lying!"

Several special police officers had already surrounded us. Although the dark muzzles of their guns weren't raised, the sense of oppression was suffocating.

"Whether it's a lie or not, anything involving flammable and explosive materials or terrorist statements must be investigated."

The security team leader's face was cold as he snatched away my boarding pass.

"Take them away!"

Two female security officers twisted my arms behind my back and forcibly pushed me toward the sealed interrogation room.

Looking back, Bella was leisurely following behind.

I was so angry my blood felt like it was flowing backward.

"Bella! Do you know what you're doing?!"

"That child has massive bleeding in the chest cavity. Every minute of delay could cost them their life!"

Bella rolled her eyes and examined her freshly done manicure.

"Chloe, aren't you being a bit overdramatic?"

"I was just trying to lighten the mood. How was I supposed to know these people can't take a joke?"

She pointed at the security officer with a grieved expression. "Besides, who told you to check so strictly? I casually mention gasoline and you believe it? No sense of humor at all."

The security team leader's face turned iron-blue.

"Sense of humor?"

"Miss, claiming to carry gasoline and blades at an airport constitutes fabricating false terrorist information. That's a crime!"

Bella scoffed.

"Stop trying to scare me. My relative is a leader at the Health Bureau. You dare arrest me?"

"Let us go quickly, or I'll file a complaint against you for violent law enforcement!"

Her reckless attitude completely enraged the police.

The interrogation room door slammed shut.

I glanced at the electronic clock on the wall.

Ten minutes until takeoff. If I didn't get on now, it would be too late!