Scene Shift: CAFÉ – LUNCHTIME
They're sitting in a small corner café, eating pizza and sipping cold drinks.
Roy (relaxing):
I thought we were taking a break.
Max (scrolling through files while eating):
We are.
Roy (groans):
Found anything?
Max:
Nothing major.
Just this ward boy… he was once in a trial.
Roy (shocked):
Wait—what kind of trial?
Max (focused):
He was declared not guilty. But hold on...
(He makes a call.)
Max (on phone):
I need the full case details of a 3-year-old sexual assault and murder trial involving [ward boy's name]. Send it over ASAP.
(He hangs up and finally puts the files down.)
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Roy:
Now can you put those files down?
Max (smirks):
Fine.
(They finish their meal. Max's phone rings. He checks the report and sits forward, serious.)
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Roy:
So… what was the case?
Max:
Sexual assault and murder.
There were four accused. Our ward boy and three others.
The trial ended in just two hearings.
All were declared not guilty.
Roy (tense):
And the doctor?
Max:
Clean background. No criminal history.
Roy:
Then why would the killer target him?
Max (calm but intense):
I don't know.
But I think... I know who's next.
Roy (quietly):
Who?
Scene transitions as Max and Roy reach the luxurious home of the other three suspects. To their surprise, the suspects turn out to be extremely rich. They are first introduced to two brothers — one 20 years old, the other 23.