Noticing ine’s desire to reach out to her family, the policewoman responded with a nod: “Alright, you have the right to contact your family and ask them to arrange for a criminalwyer.”


    She then took out ine’s mobile phone and handed it to her, adding, “Just remember, you can only call your family or yourwyer. If you try to contact any aplices to warn them, it will only make your situation worse!”


    ine, overwhelmed with emotion, protested, “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?! I’ve told you I’m innocent and have been wronged! Why are you treating me like this?!”


    The policewoman replied calmly, “Whether you’re wronged or deceived is not for you or me to decide. When the trial starts, everything will be determined by the judge’s ruling.”


    Frustrated, ine shot an angry nce at the policewoman before immediately dialing ire’s number.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    When ire answered, her first question was, “Mom, have you boarded the ne?” As soon as ine heard her daughter’s voice, the pent-up grief and fear surged forth, and she burst into tears: “ire… my precious daughter… you have to save your mother, or I might die here in the United States…”


    ire’s heart raced with worry as she quickly asked, “Mom, what’s happening?!”


    Through her sobs, ine exined, “It’s the friend that Sister Jovie introduced to me. She asked me to bring a piece of luggage to Hong Kong Ind. Before I could even board the ne, the police arrested me. They said they found over 5,000 grams of contraband in my luggage. They’ve hurt me, and I think they broke one of my ribs… I need you to contact awyer fast… What am I going to do…”


    ine cried helplessly, “ire, please tell Charlie to find a good and reliablewyer for me. I can’t let them say anything. I could end up in jail in the U.S.!”


    “What?!” ire felt a wave of shock and helplessness wash over her. She quickly turned to Charlie, her face pale as she said, “Husband… Mom has been arrested by the police… They found a lot of contraband in her luggage, and they even broke one of her ribs… What should I do?”


    Charlie had been listening to ine’s frantic words on the phone.


    At that moment, he recalled that there had been something off about Sister Jovie’s family. Now it seemed clear that they were merely actors in a deceptive performance.


    The cheerful personas of sessful individuals and enthusiastic expatriates were nothing more than a fa?ade created to mislead theirpatriots.


    The real motivation behind Sister Jovie’s friendliness toward ine was to exploit her for smuggling contraband to Hong Kong Ind.


    ire, now in a state of panic, started to cry and turned to Charlie, “Husband… What do we do now? The police said Mom needs to hire awyer, or they will assign one to her…”


    Charlie nodded, reassuring her, “Tell your mother to stay quiet for now. I’ll reach out to my client in the U.S. to help arrange for an experiencedwyer.”


    ire quickly asked, “Husband, where are you? Is your client in New York well-versed in this type of case? Does she have the right connections?”<fne821> This content belongs to find{n}ovel</fne821>


    Charlie replied seriously, “Don’t worry. She is quite influential in New York and should be able to secure apetentwyer. They will definitely be better than public defenders.”


    ire urged, “Then quickly call your client and ask for help… Mom said the police warned her that if this isn’t cleared up, she could be facing life in prison.”


    Charlie spoke calmly, “We can’t rush this. Just remember, it’s impossible for Mom to have knowingly carried contraband. As long as we can prove she didn’t know, she won’t face any criminal charges.”


    From the other end of the call, ine heard Charlie’s words and cried, “Good son-inw, you’re right. But the problem is, if they can’t catch anyone else, how will we prove anything…”