Daria Van

Season 1 · October 2026

1. 

   E1 · 1 Oct 2026

   Three Referrals, One Trail

   Daria accepts 3 fragile hospice wishes whose papers carry the same Pohl Estate trail and wonders whether they have been arranged as a trap.

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   I make dying strangers' last wishes come true. Hospice nurse Nomvula Dlamini sent me to the Salt River desk because she trusts me with referrals she cannot refuse.

   The clients pay only after they accept proof. I visit them at home, in hospital or in hospice, and I never pretend to be anyone else.

   Aisha Jacobs, a dying widow, wants proof of where her vineyard money went. Solomon Grey, a dying father, wants his son back inside his seaside house. Iris Bell, a hospice patient, wants Tamsin Kade, a registrar declared dead.

   My mother Marika Van is losing the family house in Observatory. Her call came again, and her unfinished drawing was trapped beneath my windscreen while I drove away.

   Aisha's receipt had a Pohl stamp. Solomon's referral was copied. Iris knew Tamsin's medical cuff number. Had 3 clients been chosen to lead me somewhere?

   I photographed every matching detail and accepted all 3 before the storm arrived. I could walk away, but none of them had the time I needed to check alone.

   A loose wiper blade snapped across the dashboard and cut my thumb. The sketch caught, and part of the blue door tore away.

   I did see enough to suspect a trap. I accepted the cases anyway and drove west because their time was running out, but Solomon's copied sheet pointed toward Ethan Grey, his son.

2. 

   E2 · 3 Oct 2026

   The Tablet Versus Truth

   A rival wish fulfiller offers Solomon Grey a staged reunion video, and Daria must prove the copied hospice referral is the stronger evidence.

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   I was at the Hermanus service station because Solomon Grey's hospice file pointed to Ethan Grey, his estranged son. Nika Sello, a rival wish fulfiller, was already there with the same client.

   Nika offered Ethan a cheap staged video recorded on his old school tablet. He wanted the proof more than he wanted the truth.

   I showed him that Solomon's referral had been copied from Marius Grey's file. Ethan grabbed Nika's tablet and nearly threw it into the rain.

   Daria? No. I caught the case against my palm and kept the copied sheet. Ethan stopped once he saw the real header instead of the staged family scene.

   Nika admitted Pohl Estate paid for her visit. Ethan left us with a route to Solomon's bedside, and I was still carrying Aisha's accepted estate proof.

3. 

   E3 · 6 Oct 2026

   Under the Locked Gate

   Daria follows Iris Bell's medical-transfer number to a locked Pohl gate and must survive a security assault long enough to photograph the vehicle log.

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   I went to the Pohl Estate loading yard because Iris Bell gave me Tamsin Kade's medical cuff number, Kade-19. Security supervisor Abram Naidoo locked the gate before I could see the vehicle log.

   Abram ordered me to crawl under it after I refused to say a delivery code. He filmed me while my shoulder hit the gravel and my proof packet burst.

   I turned the recorder toward Abram and told him I would name the copied hospice referrals unless he opened the gate. My camera strap was wet, but it was still on my shoulder.

   He unlocked the gate as if he were helping me. The first log I photographed showed Kade-19 attached to a Pohl vehicle after the storm transfer.

   I forced the depot gate open. I got the number, lost skin on my shoulder, and left the house sketch more damaged than I wanted.

   Then the user warned that a black car was following my route. The coastal road was faster, but every camera at Pohl's depot would catch my plate.

4. 

   E4 · 8 Oct 2026

   The False Headline

   A hospice nurse's false report gets Daria banned and turns her truck into evidence, but Daria chooses whether to expose the nurse or lose her referral network.

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   I took the coastal shortcut because the user marked it as faster. The cameras caught my plate, the storm tore my mother's house sketch apart, and I reached the hospice after Iris Bell had gone.

   Iris was supposed to be there. A report said I abandoned her to follow a private estate trail, and the image of my truck beside the Pohl depot made the accusation look true.

   Hospice nurse Nomvula Dlamini admitted she gave the reporter that lie. She said Felix's pressure forced her to sign copied referrals and release them to keep her licence.

   I could have exposed her confession and cleared myself. Instead I refused, so the hospice administrator banned me and my network began treating me like a thief.

   Aisha Jacobs, the dying widow whose vineyard proof I brought, accepted the estate photograph by phone. She would not let me use Nomvula as a shield.

   The ban cost me access, but Aisha's acceptance kept one legal foothold. She then said Felix Naidoo ordered Iris's transfer, and a black service truck waited outside.

5. 

   E5 · 10 Oct 2026

   The Depot Goes Public

   Daria takes Aisha Jacobs' accepted estate proof to the Velddrif courthouse and tries to force Pohl's secret depot route into a public record.

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   I went to the Velddrif courthouse because Aisha's accepted photo and my camera timestamp were the only proof the hospice administrator could not hide. The black service truck followed me.

   It stopped when I reached the public gates. For 1 minute I could breathe without looking over my shoulder, but I could not leave without risking Aisha's proof.

   Vineyard manager Pieter Human had hidden behind hospice confidentiality. In front of the court clerk, he named Pohl's Atlantic depot as the place where the vineyard sale proceeds were rerouted.

   A depot clerk confirmed that a vehicle carrying Kade-19's transfer number left during the storm. The court opened a temporary file because the evidence was finally public.

   The pressure eased for a minute. Aisha's family still refused payment until I proved Tamsin Kade was alive, so I left the money in the courthouse trust box.

   The black truck withdrew, and I kept only the blue-door scrap under my windscreen. The depot address was exposed now, so I chose to enter Felix Naidoo's public office in daylight.

6. 

   E6 · 13 Oct 2026

   The Locked Laundry Room

   Daria must make Ethan Grey reveal how the seaside house was used while Jacob Molefe uses unwanted closeness to block her escape.

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   Felix Naidoo, the Pohl Estate manager, let me leave his office with the copied referral. Ethan Grey, Solomon Grey's estranged son, had the original key in that laundry room.

   Depot clerk Jacob Molefe shut the door and held a dry coat against me, saying Felix could keep me warm, fed and hidden.

   He trapped my wrist when I pushed him away. I forced his arm down, but his face was already on the depot camera.

   Ethan gave me the truth. His father Solomon's seaside house had been used to sort copied hospice files, and Jacob's service booking matched the transfer route.

   I left with Ethan's statement and the booking, but Felix now had my face. I needed Solomon's original file before Felix used it to find me.

7. 

   E7 · 15 Oct 2026

   They Waited at Home

   Daria must protect her mother from Pohl watchers without letting the threat pull her away from Tamsin Kade's transfer trail.

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   My truck was on the coast road when Ethan's picture found me. Pohl Estate men were waiting outside my mother Marika Van's Observatory house.

   Ethan Grey, Solomon Grey's son, admitted he gave Pohl my Cape Town registration. He sent me the picture to warn me before they reached her.

   I checked the truck because someone had cut my brake hose. I could have stayed with Marika, but Felix wanted me running.

   I sent Ethan the exposed address warning, then left my truck and took coastal transport. The route to Tamsin Kade stayed open, but my mother's address did not.

   I did not let Felix use Marika's house as a reason to abandon Tamsin. The night clerk would show me the full chain, and then Felix would know I had it.

8. 

   E8 · 17 Oct 2026

   The Chosen Clients

   Daria follows the full evidence chain to Felix Naidoo's trap and must protect Tamsin Kade from an unmarked medical van.

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   Thandi Mokoena, the Pohl depot night clerk, opened Felix's archive after I left my cut truck. Marika's affidavit was still in my pocket when the chain began.

   Marius Grey's referral carried Pohl estate routing. Felix Naidoo's garage vehicle led every transfer, and Felix's recorded order played under the depot ventilation hum.

   That proved Felix ordered the copies and cleared me of abandoning Tamsin Kade. It also proved Aisha, Solomon and Iris were chosen to pull me toward one trap.

   Tamsin arrived alive with cuff Kade-19. The unmarked van meant for her came through the hospice bay and nearly hit us.

   I left Aisha's paid envelope inside and got both women into Iris's room. My family-house sketch was soaked through, but Tamsin chose her own road.

   Felix could call that abandonment. I knew what the full chain had cost him.

9. 

   E9 · 20 Oct 2026

   One Fingerful of Proof

   Can Daria persuade badly weakened Solomon Grey to accept proof that Ethan Grey never surrendered the family seaside house?

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   I returned to Solomon Grey's hospice bed with the copied referral and Ethan Grey's statement. Solomon could not recognise the room or his son standing nearby.

   Solomon pushed the paper away, then found the matching Marius Grey header with one trembling finger.

   I asked whether the photo proved Ethan never signed away their seaside house. Solomon marked it accepted, but he still refused to speak to Ethan.

   It was not forgiveness. It was enough to tie Pohl's copied files to the house and give me something Felix could not call useless.

10. 

    E10 · 22 Oct 2026

    The Forged Transfer Order

    Can Daria expose Felix Naidoo's forged transfer order and force police to seal the evidence before he closes the depot around her?

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    Anthea Ross, Pohl Estate's compliance officer, made me surrender my suspended referral card at the public hearing. Workers who praised my proofs began laughing.

    Detective Lindiwe Sebola found Iris Bell's transfer command was created through her hospice account after she had lost the ability to use a phone.

    That made the transfer order a deliberate cover-up. I named Felix Naidoo as the orchestrator and showed the garage ledger beside his copied-call recording.

    Detective Sebola ordered both sealed for seizure. Felix shut the depot ventilation and backed me toward a locked fire door before workers could reach us.

    The evidence was sealed, but Felix still controlled the air and my exit. I sent the user the hearing location before the door could close completely.