The weight of those words settled over Clara. The intense staring from the galley hadn’t been hostility—Rosalind had been trying to discreetly monitor Clara’s row to ensure the suspicious passenger didn’t realize the crew was actively onto him while they quietly alerted the cockpit. The announcement finally came to prepare for landing. Rosalind went back to 17C and carefully retrieved Clara’s phone, jacket, and ID pouch.
When Flight 1742 touched down at BNA, the seatbelt sign remained lit. Rosalind immediately grabbed Clara’s arm and escorted her past the rows of curious passengers, straight off the aircraft and into a secure terminal office. Waiting inside were two corporate security officers. They informed Clara that the man from row 7 had just been detained for questioning. He had boarded the aircraft using a flagged corporate ID, tracing him back to an unlicensed, rogue private investigation firm under investigation for illicit surveillance.