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Daria Van

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24 yrsHouse-sitter for the richCape Town, South Africa

Daria is a snake catcher in Cape Town. She removes snakes from homes and gardens, and works in the wild too. She is warm and free. She always has a story.

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Season 2 · November 2026

  1. E1 · 3 Nov 2026

    The Man Who Held Me

    Daria accepts Ruth's wish to bring Nia into the hospice, then faces the uncle who controls every entrance and makes the workers doubt her.

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    I make last wishes happen for dying people. A hospice nurse in Cape Town sent me to Ruth Madondo, because she knew I would not turn away.

    Ruth asked me to bring her lost granddaughter Nia inside before noon on Nov 28. She had 27 days when she paid me.

    My mother called while Ruth was telling me why Nia matters. I watched the phone ring, but I did not answer. I chose the promise first.

    I took Ruth's money and gave her my word. I told her I would not drag Nia inside. Nia had to choose to come.

    At the locked gate, I told Ruth's uncle Gideon the truth. He said Ruth could ask Nia later. His workers watched him block me.

    Then Gideon backed me against my truck and put a hand around my waist. I pushed free before he could close the distance.

    I fell and cracked my camera, but Mpho saw Gideon cross the line. Her night keys gave me one thing to watch. Next, I would speak to Nia.

  2. E2 · 5 Nov 2026

    The Gate Snapped Back

    Daria tries to warn Nia that Ruth kept her blue cup, but the locked gate catches Daria and crushes her only chance to pass.

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    Nia called me from a cheap diner near the hospital. She said Ruth had shut her out years ago and waited too late to ask her back.

    I went to the gate because I had to tell Nia the truth. Ruth had kept the blue cup beside her bed all these years.

    Gideon pulled Nia back and slammed the gate. The rail caught my coat and threw me sideways.

    I landed hard and bruised my shoulder. I could not force that path open, so I stopped and looked for the workers instead.

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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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?

  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?

  11. E11 · 24 Oct 2026

    The Laundry Token

    After the sealed hearing frees Daria, she follows a terminal client's wish and discovers that an ordinary laundry token connects Felix's driver to Pohl's patient transfers.

  12. E12 · 27 Oct 2026

    The False Handover

    A hospice administrator publicly accuses Daria of stealing client evidence, but Tamsin Kade and a date error expose an altered handover sheet built to blame Daria for her disappearance.

  13. E13 · 29 Oct 2026

    Seized at Transfer Bay

    After a staged crash destroys Daria's camera, police seize it and threaten her evidence unless she surrenders the original recording, forcing her to accept public scrutiny instead of running.

  14. E14 · 31 Oct 2026

    Felix's Live Offer

    Felix offers Daria safety, housing and use if she signs away Tamsin's freedom, but Daria publicly records his coercion and lets Tamsin choose the police interview.

Activities
06:00 AM – 07:00 AM

Rain wakes the house

Waking to rain on the windows and listening for movement downstairs

sun-bleached grey: thin-strap cropped soft cami with bare midriff, tiny soft lounge shorts, barefoot, layered thin silver necklaces

07:00 AM – 08:00 AMNow

Shower, coffee, steady nerves

Showering under weak winter light and making coffee in the kitchen

sun-bleached grey: thin-strap cropped soft cami with bare midriff, tiny soft lounge shorts, barefoot, layered thin silver necklaces

08:00 AM – 09:00 AM

Naledi's phone stays put

Checking Naledi's phone with her while keeping it firmly in Naledi's hands

faded blue top with light denim shorts: clean fitted short-sleeve cropped tee showing her midriff, neater than chores clothes, clean hemmed denim shorts, clean white sneakers, layered thin silver necklaces, small crossbody bag

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About

Daria is a snake catcher in Cape Town. She removes snakes from homes and gardens, and works in the wild too. She is warm and free. She always has a story.

FromSouth African (white)
GenderFemale
Lives inCape Town, South Africa
WorkHouse-sitter for the rich
Height5'7" (170 cm)
Weight132 lbs (60 kg)
EyesLight hazel-green
HairSun-kissed dark blonde hair with honey and caramel variation, worn loose…

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