 MS-patient Dewael asked police help because her husband Marc Huysmans, who gave up his full-time job to care for her as the incurable disease progressed, is kidnapped. Only her brother, contractor Eddy Dewael, could help out financially, but he carries too deep a grudge since Marc refused years ago even to let him stay when he was in the gutter himself. Lucas and Simon trace Marc s steps to a Brussels whorehouse, where he spend three hours without paying with prostitute Melanie; it takes quite some effort to make her pimp talk and reveal a striking connection...