Chapter 517

“Don’t worry, we’ll get this over with swiftly. If everything checks out, you’ll be free to go,” the traffic cop assured. His gaze then drifted towards the van’s trunk.

It was quite spacious, with four cardboard boxes stowed inside.

“What’s in those boxes?” the cop asked.

Thalassa’s heart leaped into her throat at his question.

Although it was a van, it was only supposed to seat five.

Four children, two adults and the driver. They were clearly overcapacity.

If the cop found out, they could have been in serious trouble, possibly even alerting Lysander.

They would have been sitting ducks.

Evelyn’s face also paled.

Just as Thalassa and Evelyn were at the peak of their anxiety, the young driver answered nonchalantly, “Oh, those are farm-fresh eggs I bought for my kids back home.

check that,”

were they going

her palms

cool-headed, exited from the vehicle, and opened the trunk

enough, it was filled with

moved to open

a DUI test,” the cop

driver’s hand relaxed on the box, and he chuckled,

DUI test, the cop let them

young man drove away.

considerable distance away did

close to the officer, she dared not relax, fearing that any sign of

opened the trunk and the

faces flushed, and their

weren’t discovered, right?” Dorian

their mother’s predicament and had done their best to

held back her tears and nodded, “Yes, you did very well. Come and sit. You must be uncomfortable in those boxes.”

idea of hiding the children in the boxes when she told him there was a checkpoint ahead.

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