"I'm surprised more men weren't sent after me. What if Leonid knows that I'm on this plane? What if he knows I'm on way to Russia— if he really is there."

"You wouldn't be on this plane if he did. If Volkov really wanted you dead, then I don't think you'd still be here. Maybe he's got a bomb on the plane." He responds, continuing with his paper.

"Is that a possibility?" I ask, panicked. I begin to look around, scanning the plane.

"I was joking. It was a joke, Ms. Leister. Leonid would never do that, as far as I know. There are children aboard."

I sigh, relieved. "You...