Twenty months earlier in Ho Chi Minh City. Vân's adoptive father loses the bet that changes everything. When his debts spiral beyond repair, she discovers the brutal truth: she was never family, just a paid transaction. Now both sisters are the price he'll pay to survive.

Fiction drama. Content note: trafficking, debt bondage, family betrayal, exploitation of children (non-graphic).

Stuart brings Vân home to his home where his judgemental mother-in-law is. When old prejudices surface and emotions boil over, the night takes a violent turn no one sees coming.

Now they face an impossible choice: hand Vân over to save a life, or protect her and lose everything.

Fiction drama. Content note: trafficking, family conflict, threat, coercion (non-graphic).

An errand for Earl Grey explodes when Vân, a terrified Vietnamese woman, dives into Stuart's car at a red light. Two men closing in. One split-second choice. A tense night of narrow escapes, uneasy trust, and the first glimpse of the network that enslaved her.

Fiction drama. Content note: human trafficking (non-graphic)