Episode 1

In an isolated house, with six bedrooms, a pool, and a huge garden, lived a man named Tez Sallene. This man was tall, well-built, and his hair had mostly white strands mixed with gray, although he was only forty years old.

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Tez woke up with the sun shining on his face. He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. He didn't feel like putting on a shirt, so he remained in his pajama shorts.

In the kitchen, he prepared coffee and toast. He took everything and went to the room facing the pool. He set the tray aside and opened a large cabinet.

The cabinet exuded the fresh smell of wood; it was divided into three parts. In the first part, some old weapons were displayed. In the second, coins from different countries and years. In the third, and largest of them, several knives and daggers.

Tez picked up one and started sharpening it. He would take breaks while drinking his coffee and taking bites of his toast.

In the large glass door in front of him, Tez had a view of the pool, and just behind it began the garden. Tez admired this view.

Suddenly, Tez's sharp eyes saw a hand on the edge of the wall.

...

Tez: ... What?

He closed his eyes and opened them again. At that moment, a person passed the rest of their body over the wall, quickly falling into the house.

Tez: "Are you kidding!?"

The man grabbed a much larger knife from the shelf, opened the glass door, and walked by the pool. Slowly, he walked through the garden. When he was about ten meters away, Tez could see that the intruder was not moving.

Lying amid daisies, the man who had fallen from the wall was badly hurt. With his shirt torn, almost his entire body was exposed.

Tez: ...

Finally, the intruder opened his eyes. With difficulty, he saw Tez's shadow. The muscles of that man belonged to someone very strong. The legs that the intruder saw, from the bottom up, were equally muscular. Besides being huge, the man in front of him had a machete in his hands.

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The intruder closed his eyes again.

Intruder: {°I'm dead!°}

Tez dragged that man into the house.

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A few hours later, Tez stood beside the intruder, watching him, still with his machete in hand, until he opened his eyes again.

Tez: Who are you?

Intruder: I... I'm Leyne.

Tez: And what are you doing in my house, Leyne?

Leyne: I... I don't know.

Tez stroked the machete.

Tez: You don't know?

Leyne: It was an accident! I swear it was an accident! I just needed to escape, so I came to this area. I saw a wall and jumped, that's all!

Tez: Escape from whom?

Looking to the side, he lowered his head.

Leyne: It's complicated.

Tez: You don't understand what's really complicated. Do you think I'm going to let you go without getting answers?

Leyne: Please... Just let me go. I didn't come here to steal or hurt you, I don't even know who you are.

Tez: You should have known that before you came in here.

Leyne: What do you want to know, after all?

Tez: I want to know who you are and why you are being chased. Tell me everything that led you to my house.

Tez picked up a bottle of drink, a chair, and sat in front of Leyne.

Tez: You have until dawn to tell me everything. If you lie, I'll know, so I'll kill you. If you don't tell me everything by the deadline, I'll kill you... So in that case, I suggest you hurry up.

Leyne cleared his throat. A bead of sweat ran down his face. Until he realized he really had no way out.

Leyne: Right... I was the manager of a billboard advertising company. Unfortunately, I got very sick and took a leave of absence, so... A woman named Jiulane Frigarro took my place.

Leyne adjusted himself on the sofa.

Leyne: She changed a lot of things in the company, and within a few weeks, she had the full protection of the owner. She discovered money being siphoned off that was supposed to go to the billboards, and she accused me.

Tez: Interesting... I think this is going to be a long story.

Leyne: I'll try to make it short... Well, Jiulane wanted to destroy me in any way she could. As soon as I got back, I was demoted to cleaning assistant as a form of punishment, and the best part, since I should have been in jail, as they said. I was devastated, I was being mocked, and even excluded. One day, I found a note in my locker...

As he moved, Leyne showed he was in pain.

Leyne: In that note, someone wrote that they shared my suffering and knew that it was all a big injustice. If I wanted, everything could change, and my innocence would be revealed if I went to the company parking lot at eight o'clock that day.

Tez: I don't even have to ask if you went, do I? Didn't you suspect for a moment that it was a trap?

Leyne: No. I didn't suspect it. I went there and heard gunshots, and when I realized it, Jiulane was dead in my arms. And again, I embraced a guilt that was not mine.

Tez: Actually, yes, you had your share of the blame.

Leyne: Right, and that's when this persecution of mine began... I'm on the run from Jiulane's brothers, who want to kill me.

The sound of Leyne's stomach echoed in the room. Embarrassed, he lowered his head.

Leyne: That is... My name is Leyne Dimitri, I'm 22 years old, graduated in marketing and advertising. My only living relative is Uncle Billy, who lives on the coast, so can I go now? I have to get out of town and have a lot of other things to do...

Tez stood up. His serious expression was frightening.

Tez: You're lucky you didn't lie, although you did omit some information, which we'll discuss later. For now, follow me!

Leyne followed Tez, who entered a bathroom in the house.

Tez: Everything you need is in there. Except for clothes, but I'll leave some hanging on the door for you. Meet me in the kitchen when you're done.

Tez turned his back, leaving the intruder alone in the bathroom.

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