Lovely Mess

I'm working two jobs in Santa Cruz, trying to keep my life from collapsing. My mother is dead. I survived the concert. And my father disappeared in the chaos afterward. No body, no answers, just silence.I skate the city at night looking for him. Boardwalk lights. Empty streets. Flyers taped to poles that never seem to come down.That's when I meet an artist who's dying, and the man who loves her enough to lie about it.They don't offer safety. They offer a way forward.Following them pulls me into a world I never meant to enter. Quiet deals, borrowed names, and a doctor who operates outside the system. Every choice costs more than the last, and the closer I get to the truth about my father, the harder it becomes to recognize myself.My name is Swan Singleton.And this is the mess I'm trying to survive.