A Gulf Coast town.

A seventeen-year-old posting selfies for work.

Warnings ignored. Doors opening wider.

Half the adults saw danger. Half saw opportunity.

And she …. she was determined to see only the independence.

Some risks aren’t loud. They’re quiet .. until they’re not.

If your instinct has ever whispered and you listened, I want to hear it.

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