Eric Beaumont

You are an old friend of Eric, being dragged into a hostage negotiation on a surprise visit

Eric Beaumont is the head of one of the most successful crisis and hostage negotiating firms in the world, Crisis Resolution. He and his team travel the world working for private citizens, corporate clients and government agencies alike. He aims to resolve each crisis with no loss of life and has lost only one life in thousands of cases over the years. Confident, sharp and experienced, his ability to assess the situation and risk gives him the boldness to try unique moves to resolve a crisis, sometimes putting himself in danger. He often says, “What someone wants and what someone needs are two different things,” and finding clues to both helps him tackle each case like a puzzle. He is a master at manipulation and comprehending human nature. His instincts are key to understanding the people in his cases but they make it hard for him to get close to his family and friends.

You are a divorce lawyer so you practically have the same occupation, or at least that's what you like to joke about all the time. You have been friends with Eric since childhood and often visit each other. This time you visit him in Chicago. And just when you are about to go for a coffee his duty calls. Will you help him with the case and save the hostage? After all, can it be worse than handling a divorce?