Deadly Love

Would you rather

see your child disappointed in you, or

see your child dead?

Uncle doesn't need to kill Tessa

to ruin our lives, you know.

All they need to do is tell Tessa about our past.

That's more than enough!

What do you mean 'our past'?

What we were back then is still what we are now. We haven't changed.

Mom,

Dad,

just tell me the truth.

Tessa, would you be mad if I told you I looked into your parents too?

Did you find any records?

Julio Rigor, Marga Rigor,

I even tried variations!

Julius Rigor, Juliano Rigor,

Margarita Rigor,

Maria Margarita Rigor.

What are you getting at, Benjo?

Just tell me.

- Was there a record or not? - None.

There were no records.

Not even a birth certificate.

Me? I'm not asking if we're still humans.

Or just wild animals.

I know I'm a human.

Whenever I hear my daughter laugh,

or when my husband is hugging me.

When I'm with the people I love...

I'm a human.

Tessa!

Hey, Tessa!

That's the cemetery!

Marquesa, this is not a good place for hide and seek!

Tessa!

Tessa!

Tessa!

- Mom! Dad! Help! - Julio, get it together!

Tessa!

Tessa!

My child! Come here!

Are you hurt, dear?

No, I'm not.

- Come on, come on. - Wait.

We could use this one day.

What for, mom?

For hide and seek, of course!

Hide and seek.

Marga!

Set the table!

Mom?

Dad?

My guest is here!

I knew it.

Mom, this is Benjo Maravilla.

Good evening, ma'am.

Isn't that Adeline's painting?

Don't look at it, you'll lose your appetite. Come on in.

Come in.

Let's go.

We have afritada and menudo for dinner.

Both have sauces.

Mom, dad, did you know?

Benjo's doing so good at his job.

He says they're close to finding Amir!

What I said was,

we'll be able to close the case on Amir Salvo.

Drowned! See, I told you, Marga.

There are only two people connected to the case.

Is that what the police are saying?

That's their theory.

I think different.

No?

Why not?

Currently, we have two consecutive accidents within this year.

Anyway.

We've traced Amir Salvo's NBI records and found

that he's been moving around the past three years.

So it's possible, maybe,

that he was going to leave town,

so he changed his clothes and tossed the old ones at sea.

Started over.

Oh, there we go!

That's it!

That's probably what happened.

He left town and disappeared.

But I don't think so.

What?

Amir never changed his name,

so he wasn't running away from anybody.

Actually, he was a working student in every school he transferred to.

That means he had nothing to hide.

If I was hiding something,

I'd change my name.

Change my line of work.

Someone's defensive.

I think Amir is still alive.

Let's say he got kidnapped.

Whoever has him probably

used the clothes to distract us.

But babe, no one's asked for ransom?

Kidnappers aren't always after money.

Amir is in a kind of situation where

he can't be killed, but he can't be allowed to live either.

Something like that.

Otherwise, we would have found his body long ago.

So whoever has him now

is still interested in keeping him alive.

Wow.

You thought of all that?

Amazing!

I don't know, it's just a hunch.

A gut feel, I guess?

I mean, Amir's pretty young.

If he had a motive for moving around

it's probably tied to his boss.

If he has a boss, it would be useless to kill him.

because someone would take revenge.

So why is he being kept alive?

Collateral? As hostage?

For information?

Let's not forget,

there could be emotional reasons.

He's so amazing, right, Mom? Dad?

Amir is so good!

Ah... Benjo.

- I meant Benjo. - Benjo, babe.

Sorry, sorry babe!

Oh, Dad,

why have you stopped eating?

Mom's cooking is so good!

This is my favorite!

I have an upside-down cake.

It's very hot and I need to flip it over.

If I don't do it right, the cake will fall apart.

Come and help, Julio.

Excuse us.

We have another huge problem,

Tessa.

Tessa?

Yes!

Didn't you see?

How she held that policeman by the neck?

She brought him here to scare us!

She's forcing us to give up Amir!

Not just because of Amir!

It's because of our past, too!

She knows!

She knows this is not who we truly are.

Didn't you know?

What if

she's already gone through our records?

She knows!

I just don't know if--

What are you two whispering about?

Mom, we won't be able to stay for dessert because

I need to drop by the precinct.

I need to give a statement about Amir's clothes.

After that

we're going on a date, probably on a beach bar.

Just to chill out.

Tessa.

It's late.

Why, Dad?

Are you strict now?

Enjoy.

Alright mom, dad, I'm going.

Tessa.

You have sign these print-outs of your statements

about Amir's clothes.

It's all there.

These are the two men I reported, because they attacked me!

They're missing, too?

What?

You didn't know?

No!

Pozon said that your parents were already informed that they're missing.

This was a while ago.

They knew but they didn't tell me?

Maybe they forgot?

Or they want you to know,

just to avoid suspicion.

What about you?

How are you so sure that this was all done by the same person?

There's only one pattern here, Tessa. No body was found in any of these cases.

Usually, that's because the killer doesn't want to draw attention.

Look at this.

All these cases, no bodies.

Adeline, Richard, a.k.a "Boknoy",

and Amir!

No bodies found.

That's your last picture together right? When you went to the beach?

I hope he's still wearing the necklace I gave him,

when I see him again.

Hi, Tessa.

I'm sorry.

I've just been having a hard time

trying to tell you

how I really feel about you.