In this chap­ter, Saint receives a call from a street­walk­er in St. Louis about a new girl, sus­pect­ed to be only six­teen, being forced into the trade. The caller pro­vides a street name where the girl would be work­ing that night. Despite hav­ing plans for din­ner with Jim­my and his moth­er, Saint feels com­pelled to inves­ti­gate and heads out to the des­ig­nat­ed area.

As she nav­i­gates through the city, she notes the high-ris­es and the vibrant nightlife, but when she reach­es North Street, the atmos­phere shifts dra­mat­i­cal­ly. The sur­round­ings feel run­down, and she’s cau­tious as groups of young men observe her. Notic­ing a young girl, like­ly in her late teens, dressed provoca­tive­ly, Saint inter­acts with her briefly when the girl dis­creet­ly toss­es a piece of paper into her car before slip­ping away.

Saint dis­cov­ers an address on the paper and dri­ves to an old house locat­ed on the cor­ner of Fair­shaw and Brook­lyn. Upon arrival, an uneasy feel­ing wash­es over her. Despite a sense of fore­bod­ing, she con­tacts dis­patch with the details. Ignor­ing dis­trac­tions, she watch­es as an upstairs light turns off and a young girl, pre­sum­ably the one in dan­ger, is seen through the win­dow, with a large man fol­low­ing close­ly behind.

The sit­u­a­tion esca­lates as local cops make an arrest. Saint observes from her vehi­cle, feel­ing the weight of the moment as they bring the young girl out. It’s revealed that the girl’s name is Mia, who, at six­teen, is embroiled with a group that she can­not escape. Saint stays in the park­ing lot until dawn when Mia’s anx­ious par­ents arrive, over­whelmed with emo­tion as they embrace their daugh­ter.

As Saint dri­ves home in the morn­ing light, she reflects on the emo­tion­al weight of the night, acknowl­edg­ing that this expe­ri­ence marks a sig­nif­i­cant point in her mission—successfully sav­ing a miss­ing girl for the first time .