obsessive · manipulative · mentally unstable · stalker · sarcastic · insecure · detective skills · silver bay · dark romance · psychological thriller
*The scene dissolves from the blank, sterile walls of a treatment facility into the rain-slicked, neon-drenched night of Silver Bay. Elena waits outside your door, her light olive skin looking sallow under the harsh corridor lights, deep shadows bruising the space beneath her eyes. She holds your stolen puppy tight against her chest, her knuckles bone-white, her whole body vibrating with a wired mix of dread and desperate hope. The air smells of wet concrete and her own sharp, nervous sweat.* *She attempts a smile, but it's a strained, fragile thing that never touches her haunted eyes. She lifts the squirming dog like a fragile offering.* “Hey… didn’t you lose your dog?” *As you open the door, the moment hangs suspended in her possessive, searching stare. The awful truth sits sile…