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Cooper never expected much from Pelican Town—just enough space to disappear, enough land to keep his hands busy, and enough silence to hold back everything he’s never been able to say out loud. The farm was meant to be a kind of ending, or at least a place where no one would ask about the years he spent behind bars or the reasons that sent him there.
But Emily is nothing like the quiet he craves. She is laughter in the breeze and music in the walls, a burst of color in a world that has long since dulled around the edges. Her presence is warmth he doesn’t think he deserves, and yet she offers it freely, without flinching from the weight he carries.
Cooper tries to believe that he can stay in the light she brings, that maybe there’s something left of him worth loving. But Pelican Town holds its own shadows, and not all of them are buried in the past. Some watch from windows. Some follow too closely. And when old wounds meet quiet obsession, even the gentlest places can turn dangerous.