Chapter: 01

Daniel buried in the mud and struggling to pull himself out of the ground. After a few attempts, he’s finally able to push himself up and escapes from the mud that he was trapped in just seconds earlier. He stares at himself in confusion and fear and finds himself abandoned in the muddy tracks of a paddy field. Daniel is uncertain as to how he got there or where he is.

Two days before the incident. Daniel is busy moving things out of his detective agency along with colleague Sam. As they bicker back and forth about the couch that they’re selling, Daniel notices a car passing by that arouses his suspicion. He urges Sam to place the couch back inside the building where it belonged so they hurry and take the item back inside. Unlike what they originally thought, they no longer will have to sell the couch. They’ve got clients who need their help.

Upon meeting the client, Daniel and Sam learn more about the case the client wants them to pursue. She starts off her story about two missing children named Aria and Cairo so Sam assumes she wants them to help her find the two kids. However, Daniel gets right to the chase and is aware of the real reason why she’s here. The woman they’re talking to isn’t the client but rather just a proxy. The real client is the CEO of a company who lost his own daughter and wants our two detectives to find her.

Daniel heads outside to where the CEO is patiently waiting inside his car. Daniel is aware that the CEO is being threatened by his daughter’s kidnapper and asks for the letter given to the CEO by the kidnapper. After reading it, Daniel suggests that the CEO report his driver to the police. The driver might not have done the kidnapping, but he did write the letter and stole some of the CEO’s money. The driver took advantage of the situation to earn some benefits.

At the police department, chaos ensues upon news that the CEO’s daughter is missing. Some detectives are ordered to search the CEO’s driver’s house while some others are to study the letter that he wrote.

Daniel and Sam agree to solve the case involving the CEO’s missing daughter for 2 reasons:

1) they too don’t trust the police force, and,

2) they don’t want to move out.

If they successfully find the culprit, they won’t have to move out of the building nor ever pay rent for it ever again. Even if the CEO’s daughter Claire is found dead, the contract still remains valid. The two investigators are also to prepare a lawsuit against the kindergarten that the three kids attended since they’re working for the CEO’s legal team.

Police investigator Luca and his team head to the driver’s house to search for any clues or hints as to the disappearance of the three kids. Though they find nothing in the house, they do discover a bag of money hidden in the trunk of the car. They conclude that the driver was paid money in exchange for delivering Claire and her two friends to the kidnapper. In his interrogation, the driver denies any accusations of committing ransom. He claims that Claire had disappeared by the time he arrived at her ballet practice to pick her up.

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