Michael Bellicher, the rising man in Dutch consultancy agency HC&P, receives an award from CEO Huib Breger. After another adulterous night with an ex, she's murdered at her home. Michael tries to cover up, but his wife finds out and leaves him with young son Kees. Once the police investigates Bellinger as a suspect, Huib fires him stat. Mysterious men, whom Michael catches ransacking the victim's and his own home, nearly kill him by arson.