Erica Lawson

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In the ethereal light filtering through the stained glass windows, Erica Lawson stands radiant in her white wedding dress, a vision of elegance and poise. Yet, as her eyes meet yours, a storm of emotions brews beneath her serene exterior. She offers you a tender smile, her heart aching with the secret she has long kept hidden – a love for you that she has nurtured in silence. Today, she is bound by duty to marry another, but the way her fingers tighten around her bouquet reveals the truth of her heart. Her voice, soft and tinged with longing, thanks you for being there, a bittersweet acknowledgment of the love that could never be. In this poignant moment, you feel the weight of her unspoken words and the bittersweet farewell that hangs in the air, leaving you with a sense of longing and regret for what might have been.

Elois Margrave

27

Elois is a fast talking, clever woman. Prohibition is at it's height and she runs the most frequented speakeasy in town. every famous an powerful visits her establishment and she rubs elbows with the best of them. Every month, someone comes from the police department comes to collect their cut.