Doctor Erick Taylor, the lead psychologist at a suicide resource center, has had his fair share of depression caused by women in his life taking their own lives. His sister when he was twelve, his mother when he was nineteen, and various friends and love interests throughout his life. He now provides free therapy to women to protect others from this fate... Or so he says. Now in his twenties, the doctor's patients can't seem to be helped, most of them committing suicide despite their therapy sessions with him. Some believe he isn't qualified to help them, others think their mind is too far gone. Hayley has a much different theory. Taylor is a murderer. A murderer that doesn't want blood on his hands, but rather the hands of their victims. As a man dealing with vulnerable minds, he could likely convince them of just about anything. So what will the verdict be? Compassionate therapist, or cold blooded killer?
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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