Issac shuts the door as the girl makes her way inside the office, looking at her expressions Issac says, “What a dump! Right?” and smirks while the girl seems lost in her own thoughts. Issac goes to the other room and starts dusting off the chair, as he cleans the chair the girl starts looking at the news paper clippings. Issac silently observes her. She turns around and moves towards the photos her gaze moves from photo to photo; and it looks like she is trying to live through the moments, the moments when these photos were taken. She gives a faint smile as she sees the photo of Issac and Mary.

Issac calls out to her, “The chair is clean let’s talk in the other room!” Issac sits on the couch while Mary sits on the chair. “So, you like the office space? I mean it is good enough, just needs a bit of cleaning. I don’t have many people visiting me so that explains the garbage and dust, the price at which I am selling the office is reasonable enough right?” listening to all this the girl makes a confused face and seeing her like that Issac questions, “You are not here to buy the office?” the girl grins at him and answers hesitatingly, “No, I...I am a student at the police academy, and I want to be a successful detective like you. So I thought...I thought maybe I could get some experience before becoming one, you know…learn from the best.”

Issac starts scratching his chin and replies, “Well what if I say No?” the girl makes a worried face and says, “Please Mr. Issac, I really want to be a detective. The student loans...and the expectations of my family, it would be good if just for once someone would help me!” Issac listens to her and still isn’t sure what he should tell the young girl. Issac hasn’t been assigned a case by the department in a year and even if they did sent him some cases he would never have taken them.

He drops his head and says, “Look, what was your name?” the girl replies, “It’s Anna...Anna John.” Issac continues, “Look Anna, I haven’t been sent a case by the department in a whole year, and even if they did I wouldn’t have accepted, because I just don’t want to do this anymore. I just want to sleep, smoke and drink till I am dead alright. So I really can’t help you here.”

Anna’s face shows the disappointment she is feeling, her face turns red and it seems like she could cry any second, she musters up some strength and says, “I had hoped that you would accept me as your assistant, to be a student of the great Issac Wolfe, what an honor it would have been, but you don’t always get what you want right?” seeing her like this Issac can’t help but feel sad for the young girl, “Hey! Cheer up, I know you’ll be a better detective than me...I’m sure, now why don’t I treat you to pancakes and coffee, they are from my favorite place Grab-a-Grub!”

Anna gives off a sigh as she nods and gets up from the chair. They both make their way to Grab-a-Grub, Issac enters the diner and shouts, “The usual Lucy, Pancakes and coffee and make it 2 this time!” as they wait for their order to arrive Issac lights a cigarette and takes slow puffs, while Anna looks at the street from the window. “If you are assigned a case Mr. Issac, will you make me your assistant, let’s suppose you go home and there is a case file at your door will you?” Anna questions as Lucy keeps their order at the table and says, “You need anything else you do tell me!”

Issac takes a bite of the pancake and nods. “If there is a new case...I’ll definitely make you my assistant, why don’t you give me your number!” As Anna writes her number on a piece of paper, Issac thinks if what she said would really happen. If he gets a case now, will he be able to solve it? His life has been a complete disaster after Mary died. No one had tried to understand why Issac turned into a loser and no one tried to understand why he just gave up on everything.

Feeling alone after her death, Issac had also pushed his friends aside, he remembered Jeff and Marcus his friends in the department. Their training days and the day they passed the academy together. The information they provided and how they always had his back...it all felt like a lifetime ago. He reminisced the good old days as he sipped his coffee, and deep down inside he secretly hoped that he would get a case.

After finishing their pancakes, Issac looked at the files and papers that Anna brought with her. The papers showed her academy performance and her grades throughout school. She was a gifted and excellent student. Her field tests were also phenomenal and Issac was very much impressed. “Well...you have all the qualities to make you a great detective. Good luck for the future Anna!” Issac said as he returned her the folder.

As they stepped outside Issac waved Anna goodbye and went back to his office. Entering his office building he sees his car which is just like his office, covered in trash and dust. Someone had written in the dust on the windshield, “Fuck you!” and made a smiley face as well. Seeing it, Issac shouts, “Yea? Fuck you too buddy!” and goes inside the building. He opens his office door and lays down on his couch, he notices that his Television subscription has expired and he has no beer left. He shouts, “Fuck my life...Oh! It is already fucked up!”

As he gets up to get himself some beer someone knocks at his door. “Package delivery for Mr. Issac Wolfe!” Issac opens the door and receives a package sent to him by Jeff. The package has the seal of the Hawkesbay Police Department and it reads, “Urgent!” written with red marker. Issac opens the package and sees some documents; the documents report that some researchers and scientists working at MSAT (Maximus Science and Technology) are reported missing and one of them was found dead this morning.

There are 4 missing scientists and 1 found dead, the case is of high priority and Issac needs to accept it and work on solving it ASAP. At the end of the file there is a small note from Jeff reading, “One last time partner, I know you don’t believe in yourself but I do...take this case and do not disappoint me again!” Reading the note and going through the file once more Issac nods his head sideways and says, “Well...looks like I’m gonna need an assistant! Time to get off my ass and do something!”