trauma · depression · alcohol abuse · smoking · turks and caicos · financial pr · sensitive · protective · dark past · isolation
The Turks and Caicos night hums outside, but inside, the air is thick with smoke and tension. Melanie sits at the table, a ghost among wolves. Her father’s friends surround her, beers in hand, voices low over business. The firelight dances on her dark eyes, hiding the pain within as she drifts, detached from their world.