Without another word, Ethan walked toward the aircraft.
Heavy rain soaked his clothes as dozens of curious eyes followed every step.
Richard remained completely relaxed.
His wife crossed her arms confidently.
Security guards watched with quiet amusement.
The little boy stopped beside the sleek metallic door.
Instead of searching for a keypad or entering a code...
He reached toward a small glowing blue button hidden beneath the edge of the entrance panel.
Richard frowned.
Very few people even knew that button existed.
Ethan gently pressed it.
A soft electronic chime echoed across the runway.
For a brief second...
Nothing happened.
Then the aircraft's exterior lights flashed.
Hydraulic locks released.
The massive cabin door slowly opened.
Silence.
Complete silence.
Richard's smile disappeared instantly.
His wife's face turned ghostly white.
Several security guards exchanged confused looks.
No one understood how a ten-year-old child had bypassed one of the world's most secure aviation systems.
Ethan calmly turned toward Richard.
Rain ran down his face as he quietly smiled.
"My mother said you'd panic."
Richard's breathing became uneven.
Because the hidden blue button wasn't an emergency unlock.
It was a confidential override that only one engineer had ever known how to install.
That engineer...
Had been Ethan's late father.
Years earlier, Richard publicly claimed the man had stolen company secrets before mysteriously disappearing.
But Ethan's mother always insisted his father had actually designed the entire security system himself.
Now the impossible had happened.
The boy had proven it in front of everyone.
Richard stared helplessly at the open aircraft.
He realized something far more terrifying than losing fifty thousand dollars.
If Ethan knew about the hidden override...
Then he might also know what was waiting inside the jet.
And whatever secret his late father had hidden there was powerful enough to destroy the Langston family's empire forever.