When Celeste Jeffries is murdered, leaving behind an 8-year old daughter, Celeste’s aged mother Emily hires Vicki Nelson to find Sarah's father Steve, who deserted the family a year ago. From Mike Celluci, Vicki learns that Celeste was found in the kitchen ridden with bites and claw marks, as if she was attacked by a wild animal, and that the police do not suspect her runaway husband of having anything to do with it. Vicki watches a TPD tape on which Sarah is interviewed about her mother's murder, but Sarah denies that anyone was in the house. She claims her mother simply went into the kitchen, called her name, and then began screaming. Vicki's gut tells her that Sarah is hiding something, so she pays a visit to the Cobb Academy for Gifted Children, where Sarah is currently residing. Vicki attempts to talk with Sarah about her father, but it quickly becomes apparent that Sarah believes her father hates her. Vicki calls Henry Fitzroy to accompany her to Celeste's house to search for anything that might tell them where Steve is currently living. The blood on the kitchen floor makes Henry hungry, but he curbs his appetite and helps Vicki look through the mail. They find nothing from Steve, but they do notice a drawing made by Sarah of her mother in the kitchen with an orange monster. The drawing was mailed to Celeste a week ago by Sarah's art teacher, Laurel. A note attached to the picture says, "Celeste, call me." Henry diagnoses a vivid imagination, but Vicki photographs the drawing and takes it with her. A visit with Coroner Rajani reveals that whatever tore Celeste up was angry because it continued to bite and claw even after she was dead, however, there was no saliva found in the bites. Henry shows Rajani the drawing of the monster and asks whether it could have killed Celeste. Rajani says, "Yes, if it existed." Henry is beginning to believe the drawing is actually a "photo from a crime scene," but Vicki is still putting her money on Steve Jeffries....