An infection outbreak has spread across the eastern countries of the world, due to a failed science experiment, forcing people to migrate to western countries. However, western countries are becoming overpopulated, resulting in the loss of basic human needs. Governing officials have decided to make a decision; those who are not seen as necessary and do not provide a share in the support of the economy will be sent off to the eastern countries, with the infected, and will have to fend for their own.
I was one of those people. I was majoring in Medical Science and had gotten a pretty sweet job as a Pharmacist. However my happiness ran short as I had been separated from all that I love, shipped away to the eastern countries, having to live on my own. However, my choosing was a mistake. My identity had been stolen, therefore had been seen as unable to support the government in any way, and now, I have to live, with thousands of infected all around me.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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