Many Pathways

Poetry from story Boy By The Bay |

Lorenzo Casiano's influence and power ruled an isolated city of oddly people but also the abandoned, which gives him an idea to form a circus to attract more tourists who stops by from the pier after setting off on a ship. There outsiders will receive some form of entertainment. His community soon earns enough money to upgrade their residents, build trains and even brought extra land far from shore creating Magic La Casa. Gardens are infested with hares. However, that's when things took a dark turn by the ocean view pier. Rumors of singing voices roaming through ears like flies on trapped walls. Things worsen once Papa's brand of black cherry beer was made, with a logo of a rising star known to be the highlight. Since their precious hasn't had sunlight in ages.

Years passed; Delinda is volunteering as a librarian's assistant thanks to her infamous guardian, Swan. A wealthy woman, takes her in after a tragic incident involving her now deceased husband. Widowed; She attempts to make ends meet. Her longtime friend the librarian. Pam; Grows a close mother and daughter type of relationship, eventually having her baby boy staying during shifts in Pam's library which she didn't mind one bit. In celebration of her opera career's retirement; Swan invites them both over in her grey city mansion.

Little do they know; Officer Vincent is watching over them in hope of solving a mystery of his missing distant daughter who went missing from one of Swan's theatrical events during festival hour, the same staged theater where Lorenzo's helpers once performed. Now rumored to be run by a mysterious rebellion, said they tend to undo everything Lorenzo has worked hard for. City of Joy soon became, city of silence. During an investigation, Officer Vincent comes across a strange train conductor who monitors every move. Train conductor has a son-
Darren; like any other kid, attempts to find his purpose. But falls deep into a rabbit hole to no return.