- In
- the
- condo
- community
- of
- the
- Laguna
- Sands
- in
- Southern
- California,
- there
- are
- a
- few
- surprises
- for
- the
- residents.
- This
- is
- a
- story
- about
- relationships
- and
- adaption,
- personal
- compromise
- and
- overcoming
- the
- emotional
- damage
- that
- life
- deals
- us.
- Some
- of
- that
- damage
- is
- self
- inflicted,Laureen
- did
- not
- know
- the
- day
- she
- was
- injured
- in
- a
- surfing
- accident
- she
- would
- begin
- a
- new
- life
- built
- around
- her
- ability
- to
- adapt
- to
- new
- relationships.
- As
- her
- adventure
- evolves
- she
- meets
- other
- residents
- in
- the
- condo
- community;
- each
- one
- having
- their
- own
- complex
- growth
- challenges
- to
- handle.
- Struck
- down
- by
- the
- life
- changing
- injury
- she
- must
- find
- another
- way
- to
- get
- on
- with
- life.
- She
- is
- the
- bookend
- the
- story
- is
- built
- within.Tommy
- the
- roofer
- stutters.
- Young,
- athletic,
- and
- sensitive
- he
- finds
- a
- way
- to
- deflect
- the
- worst
- in
- people.
- Sometimes
- that
- is
- not
- enough
- to
- protect
- those
- you
- love.
- His
- antagonist,
- Beef,
- only
- seems
- to
- have
- gone
- away.
- And
- then
- one
- day...The
- elderly
- ladies
- Irene,
- Maddie,
- and
- Dee
- form
- a
- friendship
- of
- convenience
- to
- protect
- their
- beloved
- pets,
- but
- must
- deal
- with
- the
- tension
- of
- their
- own
- competition.
- They
- are
- not
- all
- easy
- to
- get
- along
- with.
- Which
- of
- them
- survives
- the
- tempest
- of
- their
- lives
- best
- may
- surprise
- you.Patrick
- the
- detective,
- and
- Jack
- the
- retired
- Marine
- are
- still
- adapting
- to
- the
- effect
- of
- the
- wars
- they
- have
- fought,
- making
- domestic
- life
- a
- mess
- for
- them
- unless
- they
- can
- exorcise
- their
- demons.
- And
- they
- really
- don't
- have
- so
- good
- an
- outlook
- on
- how
- to
- treat
- women
- or
- a
- son.
- Or
- is
- it
- just
- everybody?Olivia
- cooks
- for
- love
- and
- control
- while
- her
- husband
- Juan
- of
- thirty
- years,
- eats,
- just
- eats.
- When
- will
- Juan
- make
- the
- right
- choice?
- Or
- does
- he
- really
- have
- one?By
- the
- middle
- of
- this
- story
- you
- see
- their
- lives
- come
- to
- a
- crossroad,
- forcing
- each
- of
- them
- to
- make
- choices
- that
- inadvertently
- affects
- the
- others.
- From
- there
- the
- story
- escalates
- into
- a
- dangerous
- final
- encounter.
- The
- ending
- is,
- well, painful.
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