Chapter 237: A plotting

“You broke several traffic violations there. Please park to the side,” the office said. “Officer, how about you write me a ticket and I can be on my way, I have something on,” Ethan hoped to get this matter quickly handled. No such luck. The officer immediately launched into a spiel about lanes merging ahead, rattling off a litany of code violations while gradually escalating his verbal pressure for Ethan to produce his documentation. “I can’t do this right now, I need to get going.” Ethan insisted. “Not after finishing this. Hand over your documentation,” The tense back-and-forth dragged on far longer than typical for a highway patrol stop. Every delay gnawed at Ethan as he stole glances at his watch, mentally calculating how much of a head start those Agent jackals potentially had to make their grab for Cindy. "Look, my wife is in a highly unsafe situation right now. Every second I'm detained here puts her at greater risk," Ethan blurted out, barely able to mask the desperatio