Ariel awakens, alone. Her husband seems to be gone - no warning, no note, no answering his phone. Did he go for a jog and get mugged? Kidnapped? Murdered? Could he secretly be a money launderer, a con artist, or a drug smuggler? A spy? Did he maybe get cold feet about this marriage, and leave her? Or is it possible that John simply left for work very early? She starts her inquiries with the hotel staff, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can’t fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? The clock is now ticking, Ariel is running out of time, and she has no choice but to turn to the one person in the world she least wants to.