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They had already checked their bags. They were already standing in line to be boarded. When L C Looked up she saw two police, one man, one woman, jostling through the crowd.
The man looked familiar.
“Wonder why Lance is here?” asked Mrs. Langlin.
“Looks like he has a new partner,” commented her husband. “An improvement over the last one.”
As they drew closer L C Recognized the policeman. It was the same man she met, out of uniform, in front of Sternhouser’s market, the day she got the job of nanny. As he came up to them she smiled at him. He did not return it.
“Hello, Lance. What brings you here? And who is your partner?” asked Mrs. Langlin.
“Good afternoon, Mrs. Langlin. Mr. Langlin.” Morgan said with a formality that elicited a raised eyebrow from Mr. Langlin and a pinched frown from Mrs. Langlin.
He turned to L C “Are you Lindsey Carol Davenport?”
“Well, uh, you know I am.”
“You are under arrest. Please place your hands behind your back so my partner can handcuff you so we make as little a scene as possible.”
The words at first did not make sense to her. She had to replay them again in her mind slowly. She was being arrested. Here at the airport.
“Stop. Wait a minute. I’ve done nothing. What am I under arrest for?”
“What is she under arrest for?” asked Mr. Langlin curiously as though a very interesting idea had just struck him.
Morgan spoke politely but firmly. “That is not my concern. My job is to arrest her. She will be charged at the station.”
“My.” Said Mr. Langlin thoughtfully. “That sounds ominous.”
Morgan turned to L C “You will put your hands behind your back now and allow my partner to handcuff you or she will throw you down to the ground and handcuff you the hard way.”
L C Began to cry. Her chest heaved.
Guinevere started to run to L C. Mrs. Langlin grabbed her daughter and pulled her close.
Delavera stepped up behind L C. Grabbed her unresisting hands one by one, pulled them behind her back, and handcuffed her firmly.
Mr. Langlin told her, “Say nothing to anyone until the lawyer gets there.” He started tapping his cell phone.
As L C Was being led away she looked back through bleary, teared eyes. She saw the Langlins, Bixby, Missy Mousey, and Guinevere, disappearing into the tunnel to the plane. Mr. Langlin was closing his phone, having put it in airplane mode.
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