DOI: 10.20375/0000-0011-4966-9
title: Episode 3: #1.3

description: Abstract: 
Tina and Katarina are arrested in a refugee centre, and Jasper escapes several times to visit them, but they are finally deported to Kosovo. The third golden truffle of the contest does not appear, and Tytgat Chocolat begins to fall victim to rumours that relate the company to fraud. Roman contracts someone to impersonate the third winner in order to avoid the company's bad image. However, the packaging team found out that the third truffle was in Tina´s locker, so she was the real third winner. Roman tries to silence their workers, but Jasper´s gang starts to plan a way to go after Tina. 

Details: 
Jasper is dreaming that Tina and he are dancing in the karaoke dressed as bride and groom. Afterwards, he awakes. This morning, his parents see that the case of Tina and her mother appears in the newspaper: both are in a refugee centre in Steenokkerzeel. Raoul tells Jasper that he has just prepared some documents to make a visit to the centre due to the fact that non-family members of inmates need visiting permission. Jasper does not want to wait, and he goes secretly by himself to the train station in order to travel to where Tina is. At the station, Jasper shows his special disability trip card to the ticket seller, who informs him that he needs a supervisor to be able to travel. After that, Jasper knows a blind man who is sitting in the station hall. The man decides to help Jasper by acting as his supervisor and helps Jasper to buy a ticket. He also informs Jasper that in order to arrive at Steenokkerzeel, he must transfer to a bus in Brussels. 

Once in Brussels, Jasper remains on his own. The hall of the station is crowded, and people are in a hurry. No one helps Jasper when he asks for the bus station until two young boys ask him if he is lost. Both accompany Jasper to the bus, and he takes it. In the factory, Roman has a meeting with Andy and his grandfather. Andy tells them that a newspaper announced a suspicion about the context of the “Golden Truffle” since there is no third winner appearing. Roman calls the person who sold him the chips implanted in the golden truffles and asks about the GPS function that the seller promised him. The seller tries to track the chips, but he can only find two of them, and he informs Roman that sometimes the GPS function does not work well. Due to the fact that the producer of the chips is a friend of Roman and not an official enterprise, he cannot be reported to the police without tarnishing the name of the Tytgat Chocolat factory. Then, Roman decides to resort to fraud. He buys a fourth golden truffle and a new false winner to appear in the news and quell the rumours.

Jasper arrives at the refugee centre, and he asks to see Tina, but the receptionist informs him that it is not possible because they are neither family nor does he have a visit permission. Jasper becomes furious and starts shouting that he wants to see Tina. The plant manager arrives and negotiates with Jasper: he can see Tina for ten minutes; after that, he must leave. Jasper agrees. Finally, he meets Tina, but they are separated by a fence. Jasper asks Tina to marry him. This way, they can be related, and visits are easier to make. Tina accepts, and after that, the police return Jasper to his home, where his parents are worriedly waiting for him. Jasper tells them that he has proposed to Tina, and Raoul gets angry. He tries to relax and explains to his son that he is not able to do that because the law establishes a prolonged minority of age for people with cognitive disabilities as legal subjects. Jasper goes to his room, and the parents start a discussion.

The next day in the factory, one of the female packers goes to Tina's locker in order to get her things out and prepare them for the new worker. While she is doing that, she finds a box of chocolates that Roman gave to her and each of the workers because of the “Golden Truffle” context. The box falls to the floor by accident, and one golden truffle appears from it. The worker runs to tell Jasper about it. Jasper takes the golden truffle and goes to the station to take a train back to Steenokkerzeel. While this happens, the third false prize is being delivered to an actor who plays as a winner. When Jasper arrives at the centre, he asks to see Tina, but the receptionist informs him that Tina and her mother left the centre this morning and started the deportation to Kosovo. After that, Jasper returns home on his own. 

Roman has several interviews to find a new chocolate taster, but he is not convinced about anyone. While he is talking with a candidate, Jasper arrives at his office with Tina´s golden truffle. Roman stops the meeting immediately and asks the candidate to go. Roman establishes vehemently that the contest is finished and there is no chance for Tina, but Jasper insists that Tina has to receive her prize. Roman asks Jasper to give him the golden truffle and says that he will try to do something. The package team discusses the fraud of Roman due to the existence of four golden truffles and three prizes. After that, some of them, including Jasper, go to Roman´s office to ask for an explanation. Roman avoids the conversation, and Jasper shouts that they want the prize for Tina. After that, Roman threatens to fire them if they do not go back to work. Cedric, the packaging manager, stares at him and says that he would never have expected that from him. This night, Jasper lies self-absorbed on his bed. He thinks about a plan to solve the injustice situation with Tina. Next Saturday is the karaoke night, and Cedric, Jasper, Max, and Crispijn decide that they will leave the city and go after Tina. The co-workers start their plan to escape. They pool money together and prepare the lie that they will tell their parents to have time to run away. On the karaoke night, the packaging team meets and enjoys while Jasper goes in secret to Roman´s office and takes Tina´s golden truffle with him. After the event, people go back home, but Cedric, Jasper, Max, and Crispijn start their trip.