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Her disappearance set off alarm bells in Eva’s mind. A quick search in her apartment had found nothing, and she immediately went off to the police station to make her report.

The policewoman at the counter was kind and polite, sending some officers to investigate at Cynthia’s apartment, but at the end of the day, they also came back empty-handed. They promised to widen their search, but there was no guarantee.

After a few days, the lack of results bothered Eva to no end, so she went to multiple news outlets to have them post notices of her missing sister. Paying for those greatly reduced her meager fund, and she used what little remained to print out more copies of the Missing posters to put up by herself.

Starting from Cynthia’s neighbourhood, Eva asked around while putting up the posters. Those who lived near her said they have no idea where Cynthia went, and strangely, most of them were evasive when Eva tried to question them further.

Her quest soon lead her to the Dock’s red light district. Eva had not asked Cynthia where (or what) she worked, but she did have her suspicions. She stopped a woman about Cynthia’s age, clad in a low-cut, green tight-fitting dress.

Showing her the poster, Eva asked her whether she had seen her sister. The woman seemed shocked at the question, eyes widening as she saw the similarities between Eva and Cynthia.

“Em… no hablo ingles muy bien”, she said hastily, making a beeline towards one of the nightclubs lining the street, the Sirens.

Feeling something amiss, Eva called out after her, following in her foot steps. The woman passed by the bouncer, a quick word from her allowing her to enter the dark, smoke-filled establishment. Eva however, was quickly blocked by the large, muscular bouncer.

“This is no place for a young lady like you, scram!”, the bouncer barked.

Undeterred, Eva asked the bouncer about her sister, wanting to go in to look for her.

“And disturb our clients? Go home, little girl, or you’ll regret it,” with that, the bouncer gave Eva a firm push, easily toppling the frail girl. Eva landed heavily on her back, her dropped posters scattering all over the pavement.

Biting back tears but failing, Eva sobbed as she picked up the posters, the bouncer ignoring her as she slowly collected them, and then walked away…