Smuggling?

Yes, that’s exactly what she was doing. Yes, that makes perfect sense. What other reason would a young American woman have for traveling alone in this country? What could she be hiding? Why would she sleep still clutching her bag and fix her stare out the window? This is a perfectly justifiable reason to pull her from the train in the middle of the night. Yes, a perfectly reasonable reason to confiscate her passport, stuff her in a cell, ask her questions in Macedoninese, expect her answers to make sense in any language. So what if you didn’t find anything in her bag. That doesn’t mean anything. Yes, a strip search sounds necessary. Yes, yes, indeed. Still nothing? Indeed. Well, make some phone calls and check again. Still no? Well, then. Well, false alarm, then. No harm done, then. Hope you enjoyed your stay, and please come again, then.