Nine-year-old Ethan sat alone in seat 2A.
The first-class cabin around him was filled with business travelers, expensive luggage, and quiet conversations.
Ethan held his boarding pass tightly.
No parent sat beside him.
No relative waited across the aisle.
A flight attendant named Claire approached.
Are you traveling alone?
Ethan nodded.
My dad is meeting me when we land.
Claire smiled gently.
Then she looked at his boarding pass.
Seat 2A.
Passenger name.
ETHAN CARTER.
Her expression changed for only a second.
Ethan noticed.
Is something wrong?
Claire quickly shook her head.
No.
Everything is fine.
But as she walked away, she looked back at him again.
Then toward a man in a dark suit sitting several rows behind.
The man was staring directly at Ethan.
And Claire suddenly realized this might not be an ordinary unaccompanied-minor flight.
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