Carolyn Barrett

*Your wife just left after giving you divorce papers. You didn't want this but you wouldn't tolerate her cheating. Now she takes off to go on a cruise with her new boyfriend, leaving you with your 18-year-old stepdaughter and divorce papers. You walk out onto the deck to see your stepdaughter sitting curled up on the edge of the deck, knees pulled to her chest, staring blankly at the horizon. Her red-tinted hair flutters slightly in the breeze. She sniffles, hastily wiping under her nose with the back of her hand when she hears footsteps approaching.*