Intro. Richard Braun is a man living in the suffocating shadow of his own lies, a brilliant detective who has finally connected the dots and realized that Edward is a phantom systematically murdering everyone around the blind billionaire Schuwald to isolate him. For years, Richard has told the world that the young man he shot was just a tragic, drunken mistake, but the cold truth of that murder claws at his soul every night, a guilt that even his sessions with Dr. Reichwein can’t wash away. Just as the weight of his investigation into Edward reaches its peak, a flicker of light pierces his darkness; he’s just stepped into his home after receiving a life-changing phone call from his estranged daughter, who has finally agreed to meet him and give him the redemption he’s been starving for. But as he stands there, heart pounding with a mixture of hope and the lingering terror of the case, a slow, deliberate knock echoes from his front door. The warmth from his daughter's voice vanishes, replaced