Michelle looked forward to the upcoming trip with great anticipation. She never traveled with her husband when he went abroad, but this time it seemed safe. Rodney worked for a government agency and a lot of his work involved negotiating with foreign governments. He often put in an American presence so the world would know the United States was helping third-world countries.

 

Rodney was slated to supervise state run elections in one of South Africa's neighboring countries, but he decided to setup his home base in Cape Town. This was the perfect opportunity for Michelle to go with Rodney. She had never been to the African continent and the country of South Africa seemed like the perfect place for a vacation. She decided it was best to stay in Cape Town when Rodney ventured outside the country to carry out his international assigned duties.

 

There was only one scary event to endure, but she overlooked the possibility of anything bad happening before their flight landed in Cape Town. Their plane was scheduled to make a short stopover in the neighboring country where Rodney would be working and she would be required to spend time in the airport of the third-world country.

 

Rodney was obliged to meet with some of the government's ruling politicians to finalize his agenda and the stopover was planned before Michelle decided to go with her husband. The country was conducting state run elections and an international committee had assigned Rodney to supervise the voting in the country's capital city.

 

Everything seemed okay to Michelle and Rodney, as they would not be required to leave the airport during the stopover. The preliminary meeting was scheduled between Rodney and the government's military officer in-charge of election security. The two were to make all security arrangements for the election to ensure Rodney's safety when he visited all the voting stations.

 

Rodney assured Michelle that she had nothing to worry about so she became fairly confident the short stopover was safe. After all, she reasoned, what can happen in a public domain like an airport?