The Weight of Waves

Karmichael Torrance is mired in the green, steamy south of Charleston, South Carolina. The city as seen by someone who knows her shadows and walks the margins of her darker secrets.

Kar is a drug mover living his life sans constraint, meeting any challenge that presents itself to this nihilistic young warrior. Recently supplanted to downtown Charleston from Jacksonville, he has established himself in the shadowy dregs of deep city bad business, keeping a presence where blood money moves in never ending waves. And speaking of waves, what is it that pulls Karmichael so strongly into the watery arms of the ocean? And who is this finned female creature that visits our (anti) hero during his nocturnal dreamscape? Is she real? What is she trying to express to Karmichael?

Into all this falls Jahe Bennet, a native of the Lowcountry who has recently relocated back to Charleston after having survived a failed marriage. Her family is well to do and this enables Jahe to live above a boutique in the historic district on Broad Street. Her nightlife circle eventually flows into the pull of Karmichael and the two damaged souls find some sliver of recognition in each other. They cross paths several times, and after a meaningful first impression begin dating.

Kar may not be a good guy, and he may not be honest, but he is always true. He opens to Jahe little by little, until, unfortunately, his other dangerous interests interrupt his best intentions.