Somphasong's second child is born. He is a bachelor of international relations from Columbia University. He has planned to kill his sister, but she has mysteriously vanished without a trace for a month. He joins forces with other killers and sends groups of them after her but they all fail. He tells his father that he will not take the job because it would be detrimental to the family. He asks if he looks like the kind of person who would do such a job. The father reassures him that his concerns are not without basis.