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I told Ereisha no swearing in this one,

but she refuses to listen. It's August 1973, six weeks since Paul Getty was kidnapped and most of Rome is on holiday.

The Piazza's are empty, the cafes are quiet, even the Pope packed up and left town.

But Fletcher Chase is still here, and he's frustrated.

Every single day for almost two weeks straight, he's talked to every bohemian and flower child,

drop out and druggy that Rome has to offer, and he's still no closer to finding Paul than when he arrived.

J.P. Getty, Paul's grandfather, is waiting for answers.

So far, Chase doesn't have any.

He thought he was on to something when one of Paul's friends told him the kid racked up a mountain of debt with some sketchy drug dealers and had gotten himself into a jam.

Which would lend credence to the theory that Paul staged

his own kidnapping to get money from his grandfather.

Right.

Chase is starting to think maybe that's actually what happened.

He even wonders if the boy's mother Gail is in on it too.

But then he gets another tip from yet another friend

that the kids just out of town shooting a movie

and will be back in Rome any day now.

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