Content Warning: The source material contains descriptions of physical abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, drug use, and murder. In addition, it utilizes offensive stereotypes of Indigenous Americans. Characters are also frequently referred to by their ethnicity. These terms are replicated in the guide only in direct quotes from the source material.

Cochran arrives in Durango and meets Amador, a former Dallas police officer and the pilot's brother's trusted friend. At the airport, an American actress grows upset about her lost cat before finding the carrier on a baggage wagon. Cochran talks to her and calms her down. Amador admonishes him, telling him that if he draws too much attention, Tibey will find him. Cochran checks into a hotel in Durango while Amador looks for a suitable house to rent and begins looking for information about the whereabouts of Miryea. Amador told Cochran about her month-long imprisonment at the brothel, but he does not know what happened to her after that. To keep up his cover while they look for Miryea, Cochran and Amador visit movie sets and look at real estate. On one movie set, Cochran sees the actress he met at the airport.