Edric hires a new bodyguard who immediately faces hostility from others at a villa, who mock his scrawny appearance and instruct him to back off. The bodyguard confronts the aggressors, demanding an apology for disrespecting Edric. Meanwhile, a woman at the villa grows desperate, apologizing and rejecting Edric’s offer to buy the house, begging to have the bodyguard kept away. Edric orders the intruders thrown out to protect his mother's villa. The bodyguard struggles to recover from the confrontation as Edric becomes suspicious and questions the bodyguard’s true identity, hinting at hidden motives.