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ALANA ▶ ALANA LOPEZ ( FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER ● 29 ● ADRIA ARJONA ● TAKEN)

The Lopez family has been involved in politics for generations and it was the same for Alana’s father. Thus she was raised like all women before herself, to look nice in front of the cameras. Her teenage years brought some amount of trouble to her father’s image, as well as her uncle, the president of Mexico at the time, but it was only after her cousin’s, ariela, kidnapping that her father made the proper decision to send her abroad. Alana finished high school in an English boarding school for girls.

Alana never lost her spirit, but every summer she came home, she seemed a little less like the reckless teenager she once was. It turned out that being somewhere her name doesn’t bear as much weight or expectations allowed her to grow at her own pace, and she became genuinely interested in her studies. Not only that, but documenting her experience abroad with pictures, she learned she loves to be on the other side of cameras, and found a lifetime passion for art in photography.

Once graduated, Alana returned home to attend the Monterrey University’s photography program. It took a little getting used to, after all she was home and her name wasn’t one to take lightly. Her father insisted that she had security and it made her incredibly uncomfortable around campus, so much so that she started looking up programs abroad. When abuela got sick, however, she decided against leaving, in case something happened to her while she was away.

Life was relatively normal until she got involved with the wrong person and ended up at the wrong place and time. The shooting between gangs left many dead and even more injured and though she came out relatively unscathed, watching her then boyfriend die along many others changed her. Alana had to leave Mexico, and she did a few months ago, only now arriving in Grimmbrook to reunite with her cousin, Ariela, and hopefully put everything behind her.

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ARIELA LOPEZ: They grew up like sisters. Alana remembers when Ariela was taken, when she came back and when she left again. Initially, she was upset that Ariela was leaving Mexico and thought maybe she didn’t value family as much as she did. But in light of recent events and losses, she understands better and wants to make amends for being bitter towards her cousin. Before she left, Abuela made her promise not to tell her Ariela that she was sick. Their grandmother knew that the political life their family led would only lead to more heartache for each of them. They were better off away from it all. Alana can’t say she disagrees but she feels guilty holding onto the secret of their grandmother’s ill-health. 

LUKE MASON: He was just trying to get coffee and the cashier didn’t have change for his bigger bill. Alana offered to pay for his drink. There wasn’t a big thank you, just a sigh and a nod and it struck her as really...sad. Whenever she sees Luke, she sees someone carrying the world on their shoulders. She’s tried to make friendly conversation since that incident but it seems like he’s got a lot going on in his head. 

LILY REDSTONE: The woman nearly ran her over with her bike and Alana lost a camera lens as a result of jumping out of the way. To say she’s bitter is a bit of an understatement. She knows it was an accident and the other woman seemed frazzled enough for her not to demand repayment, but that doesn’t mean Alana’s forgiven her, or is ready to become friends. 

NOEL ENRIQUEZ:  Alana doesn’t think he means any harm and of course she feels bad that he went through what he did, but she doesn’t like how much he relies on Ariela. She doesn’t think any good can come of it and that her cousin will only end up overextending herself or getting hurt. Besides, there’s something off about the entire situation of what happened to him. Who would want him dead in the first place? And will they shift their focus to Ariela next?

ANASTASIA CAMERON: Alana was contacted by Anastasia when she saw her work on social media, with a Grimmbrook location tag. They asked her to shoot their new summer collection and do some promotional shots for their brand. She’s enjoyed working with them so far, appreciating their professionalism and their talent. She’s new in town so Alana hasn’t really heard rumors other than their step-mother died a few years back and their step-sister lives in town too. Alana doesn’t pry, however, knowing family is a tricky business, and does the work. They pay well and she’s gotten a few free pieces out of it too, which she can’t complain about. 

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head empty - may 2020

- morbink.

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NIBS ▶ RUTH ROSE (PAINTER / SELF PROCLAIMED PSYCHIC / LOST BOYS MYSTERIES INC ● 27 ● VICTORIA PEDRETTI ● TAKEN) 

Fran never wanted to have kids and had her whole life ahead of her. She was not going to waste her teenage years changing diapers when she could be partying with her friends. And so as soon as baby Ruth was delivered she left her in the hospital for someone else to deal with what she called the greatest inconvenience of her life. 

Saul and Stella Rose always wanted a girl, so they decided to give Ruth a home and take her on the road with them. Her childhood was not the most conventional one since she spent most of it moving from one end of the country to the other while her parents performed their magic act. It was when she was seven that they started incorporating the children in their act and Ruth was more than happy to dazzle people with her “psychic abilities”. She was a smart kid and she knew that it was all make believe and that they were all tricking people in order to get their money. 

Life on the road was fun but her parents eventually decided to settle down and buy a house on the outskirts of Grimmbrook. Ruth was not all that happy for this change because she loved traveling and performing. Out of her siblings she was the one who found it the hardest to get used to their new life, the new school, friends, etc. When the discovery that their house was haunted Ruth was not scared, but excited. Finally, her life was back to being interesting.

It had been her brother’s idea to start investigating the paranormal and what began as a silly idea for a club grew into an actual business. Because of her long experience pretending to be a psychic, Ruth found it easy to jump into that role again. Sometimes she does feel bad that she is making people believe that they are talking to a loved one, or that their house has a poltergeist but at the same time she believes she is helping people move on and get some closure. 

With everything going around in Grimmbrook lately she has convinced Riley to focus more on the events happening in town than play pretend. 

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RILEY & REGINALD ROSE: Her family. They’re both her favorite people and she’ll fight anyone who does anything to hurt either of them. Forever the little sister, she adores them both and loves to learn from them but also isn’t a pushover. She’s been known to resist certain ideas when it comes to Lost Boys Inc and to pursue others until they’ve convinced of it. They make a great team, balancing each other out perfectly. 

JAMIE HSI: Ruth saw an advertisement for one of their acting class, and she knew she just had to go. She’d never had any professional experience or training, but she’d been acting all her life. She had no plans and went to check the class out. Instantly, the two bonded. With a flare for the dramatic, they demonstrated a scene together and it flowed so well. It was like they were born to be acting partners. The two got to talking after class, and Jamie was surprised to learn she had no training. They were fast friends, and she’s even dragged her siblings to their classes. 

LEON BERNARD: He made an appointment a few months back, said he wanted to know how his club would do and though Ruth told him she didn’t work like that, he was willing to pay quite a bit of money so she gave him the session anyway, claiming something about franchising and making sure to keep his brother by his side for success. She doesn’t feel so bad about that part, with two brothers of her own, she knows they can be the most important people.

ALICE SUMMER: She thinks Alice is bit of a kindred spirit – the woman is a bit...odd too. Ruth has been called a lot of things her life so when she heard someone telling Alice off for asking too many questions at a book signing Q&A at Tale As Old As Time, she stepped in. Ruth threw on the old hat trick and pretended to have a vision right in the middle of the signing, one that told of the rude individual’s impending doom. After, she caught up to Alice and told her to keep asking questions or no one else would.

FRANCESCA FITZGERALD:  The woman recently asked to do a mini docu-series on Lost Boys Inc., something about expanding her portfolio. She approached Ruth about it at a coffee shop and while she’s not sure how she feels about it, she told Frankie she’d ask her brothers and let her know. With everything going on in town, she’s not had a chance to but Francesca keeps checking in so Ruth plans to bring it up to them soon.

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TOOTLES ▶ RILEY ROSE ( RADIO HOST / FOUNDER OF LOST BOYS MYSTERIES INC ● 31 ● NICO TORTORELLA ● OPEN )

Riley’s mother Lola gave birth to them when she was only seventeen years old. She'd been dating Riley’s father for a little under four months and they was very much unplanned and quite a shock to both Lola and her boyfriend Lance. He was a year older than Lola but no where near ready to be a father yet. He freaked out when Lola told him she was pregnant and left town a few days afterwards, leaving Lola pregnant with a broken heart. She'd honestly believed Andrew would stick around. With him gone, she was left to give birth and make the hard decision to put the baby up for adoption.

Was not such a terrible idea because it didn’t take long for Riley to be adopted by Saul and Stella Rose, a couple of carnies who were always travelling in their big van and performing crazy stunts in different cities. So Riley, like their other adopted siblings, lived on the road and had no idea what it meant to settle down until they were in their late teens when their parents decided it was time to retire and purchased a home in Grimmbrook.

Moving around every few weeks or months means that Riley always had trouble maintaining their friendships. They were not able to have any stable relationships because whats the point if they were just going to leave in a few weeks anyway? As a teen they had trouble opening up to people, preferring only the company of their siblings. They had also developed this really bad habit to lie - about everything. Which made it difficult for people to take them seriously.

The home they had moved into was not exactly the warmest place for a family to move into and had a very nasty reputation of being - well haunted. Of course neither one of their parents believed that nonsense, especially since Riley was always making things up. They never believed the stories, not even after Riley and their siblings came to them claiming that they had seen a tall man in a suit on several occasions. Riley even woke up one night and saw the tall man standing by the foot of their bed staring at them for a few minutes before it disappeared. 

So it was their idea to start investigating the paranormal.  Actually they became obsessed with it which led to the founding of Lost Boys Mysteries Inc. If anything weird is going on in your house, then you call LBM Inc. and they will get to the bottom of it - for a price, of course. 

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RUTH and REGINALD ROSE: Their brother and sister. The three of them were the missing puzzles pieces to complete the Rose family and Riley, though not the most outwardly affectionate, loves them to pieces. It’s been the three of them for as long as they could remember and they hope it stays that way. With Lost Boys Mysteries Inc., they’ve been able to spend more time with their siblings, doing what they do best – solving mysteries.

GUS ASHTON: Before they got a job at Grimmbrook Radio, they were considering writing for the Grimm. After a casual informational meeting with Gus to find out more about the work, they quickly realized that the type of things the Grimm reported on held no interested to them. They think that Gus uses his job to pry into people’s lives and Riley couldn’t care less about people’s private lives, all they care about is reporting on the strange happenings going on in town, and providing the public with supporting theories and conjectures. They’ll still talk to Gus now and then, but are glad they’re not working with him. 

JOSEPH MADDOX: Some kids who lived in Underland thought it would be a good joke to call LBM inc to come inspect Joseph’s house. They’d just seen Ghostbusters, apparently, and expected them to arrive in the Ectomobile. Imagine both Joseph's surprise when the Rose siblings turned up, gear and all, ready to inspect the ghost of the old lady living in his bathroom and Riley’s surprise when Joseph had no idea what was going on. They cleared up the misunderstanding and sure, Joseph still thinks their weird as anything, but at least they didn’t charge him a cancellation fee, so that makes Riley and their siblings okay in his book. 

CORDELIA DU PONT: She treated Riley when their van got rear-ended by some teenager. It wasn’t a terrible accident, but they did bang their head and had to go to the hospital. Cordelia asked questions about their job, recognizing their voice from late night radio in the on-call room. She was fascinated by what they do and while she hasn’t called in any strange activity for their services, she always manages to find something to ask them when they run into each other. 

OMAR KAMEL: Despite their radio show mostly focusing on strange happenings in town, and the subsequent theories about said happenings, Riley had Omar come on their late-night radio show. They have a deep appreciate for performers of any kind. Maybe it comes from growing up in the Rose family but they enjoy the company of artists, actors and musicians so getting Omar on their show was especially exciting.

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TRAMP ▶ TYLER DECKER

( FAIRY TAILS BARTENDER ● 35 ● SEBASTIAN STAN ● TAKEN )

Ryan Decker’s girlfriend left him when their son was six months old. He hadn’t wanted the kid but a near-miss incident on the steps seemed to trigger something paternal in him and, soon he was doing everything to provide a better life for Tyler.. Ryan only had his GED but began taking odd jobs around town: he was seen as a good man, a hard worker and a dedicated father. 

Tyler considered his pa his best friends growing up but when he started school, his dad picked up more jobs and they grew apart. Ryan was trying to save money for Tyler’s college fund and Tyler was busy falling in with the wrong crowds. He’d get in trouble daily, detentions and suspensions becoming commonplace. Grades were abysmal aside from art and the only reason he was decent at that was because there were no rules. But even that talent fell to the wayside once partying took over. It broke his father’s heart that he barely scraped by in high school and was rejected by every college he’d lazily applied to. 

Without prospects, he got various jobs around town, scraping by. Still frequenting parties, he met a guy, Mike, and what began as a casual fling soon turned into a relationship for a year. Tyler loved him but everything changed five years ago, when Mike got behind the wheel, intoxicated, and Tyler was too drunk to do anything about it. They t-boned an elderly couple’s car. He was sent flying and Mike was, unfairly, unscathed aside from cuts and a concussion. He left the scene of the crime and high tailed it out of town, too scared to call the police because he’d been behind the wheel at the time. 

Tyler was in the hospital for months with two broken legs, broken ribs, a punctured lung and severe head trauma. They had him in a coma for weeks, his father beside him the entire time. He didn’t believe when they said Mike skipped town, nor the fact that the elderly couple they’d hit had died and until they could prove otherwise, he was the prime suspect who’d get charged. Eventually, this was dropped when an eyewitness and CCTV showed Mike leaving the scene. It fucked Tyler up. He’d love him and he’d left him for dead. His recovery wasn’t easy but months later, Tyler could walk again. His dad had lost two jobs taking care of him in the hospital, so he knew he had to do something to make sure his dad wasn’t dipping into what little retirement he had. One of the only places that actually looked at his lackluster resume was Fairy Tails, where he’s been bartending since.

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SIMON CHURCH – His boss and one of the only people who had heard about the events associated with his name, and who saw his barely-there resume, and still hired him. He started by giving Tyler the shitty shifts until he worked his way up to being a decent enough bartender to cover the high-traffic times. Tyler doesn’t really talk to him much but he’s been in enough rough crowds to know that Simon Church is not someone you disappoint.

CORDELIA DU PONT – The nurse who refused to let him mope around and encouraged him daily for months as he was recovering. They’ve become best friends in the years since and in that time she’s been a terrible wingman but an ardent supporter. When his dad died, she was at the funeral with him. She’s the one who encourages him to work towards something, not just work to get by, and even pulled strings to help him get into Grimmbrook University’s art program at. He’s started taking classes here and there, but doesn’t have the heart to tell her that he’s not sure he can do it. He doesn’t want to let her down like he let his dad down so many times, but thinks he might.

ARIELA LOPEZ – Ariela is the friend he turns to when he needs to let loose. She's always known how to have a good time. He may not party as hard as he did before his accident, but Tyler still knows how to enjoy himself. Ariela was also the eyewitness who placed Mike at the accident. When she heard that Tyler might get charged, she sent in an anonymous tip and that tip was corroborated by video footage. Tyler doesn’t know any of this but Mike has also always been a strictly off-limits subject since the accident.  

ALEXANDER YAO – The guy annoys the shit out of Tyler. He walks around like he’s Mother Teresa, saving all the poor souls in Grimmbrook from their terrible, pointless lives. He always tries to make conversation with Tyler when he sees him at the University. That alone is enough to make him want to drop out altogether. There’s something about someone who has their shit together like Alexander does, that pisses him off a bit. He acts like he’s some great hero and all his accomplishments are his own, seemingly owing nothing to the fact that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He wouldn’t be half the man he thinks he is had it not been for a good start in life. Just hearing Alexander’s name makes him bristle and roll his eyes. 

DANIEL MICKEY –  The asshole he found out tried to take a blood sample while he was unconscious in the ER. He’d never been one for authority figures, but this guy takes the cake. Tyler can’t help but make snide remarks whenever he comes in contact with the detective and it's not like he’s Daniel’s favorite person either. If it wasn't for the fact that Daniel could throw his ass in jail, and that assaulting civilians was never encouraged behavior for law enforcement, the two would certainly come to blows. If their verbal sparring were physical, it would be a bloodbath. 

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THE ENCHANTRESS ▶ EDITH KENNEDY ( SURGICAL RESIDENT ● 31 ● ZOË KRAVITZ ● TAKEN )

Edith Kennedy was born to brilliant parents. Both Harvard trained surgeons: her mom, Elaine, was a cardiothoracic surgeon and her father, Alfred, was a neurosurgeon. She was a bright child, always several years ahead of her own, eager to learn something new. By the time she was in fourth grade, her school recommended that she be put two years above her age level. It wasn’t that she was a bookworm, it was more that most things just came naturally to the young woman who was just naturally gifted, even through her second year of medical school at Harvard.

The winter she was twenty-four, she and some friends were driving up to Grimmbrook to stay with her parents for a long weekend away from school but they never made it. A drunk driver hit them, they caught ice and spun out of control, wrapping around a tree. Edith was driving and by some magic or miracle, she was not killed like her two friends. She was in the hospital for a month after the accident and rehab facilities for a month after that. 

She ended up testifying against the drunk driver once she was out of the hospital and the entire trial was an ordeal she’d have rather not faced but knew she had to for her friends' sake and their families’ peace of mind. 

Going back to Harvard seemed less and less likely the longer she was out of the program. She had frequent recurring headaches that bloomed into migraines for nearly a year that made studying harder. It didn’t matter how much pull her parents had at Harvard, she wasn’t cut out for it anymore. Rather than give up fully on her dream, however, Edith took a few months to apply to some other universities, closer to home, and ended up getting into Grimmbrook University’s program. 

It was hard at first, adjusting to being home, dealing with survivors guilt even years on, and working to catch up and still do well in the medical program. Though it wasn’t nearly as easy as it might’ve been before her accident, she’s since passed all her medical exams and is in her second year of her surgical residency at the hospital.

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ISABEL DUMAS: Growing up in Grimmbrook, Isabel was her best friend. They were thicker than thieves and though Edith ended up skipping a few grades, they remained close until she went to Harvard with Edith being a fierce protector of Isabel. After her accident, Isabel was one of the few friends consistently by her side, always checking in on her which Edith appreciated more than words could say. They’re always honest with each other but Edith has yet to tell Isabel that she’s not a fan of Casper. She saw him leaving The Candy House a few months back and thought it was weird, and then she saw him buying a necklace that Isabel never got and she thinks it’s weird but she wants to be sure if he’s cheating before she says anything to Isabel.

LEON BERNARD: She and Isabel went to The Rabbit Hole’s opening a few years back and ended up chatting with Leon and his brother a good portion of the night. He's always talking about new ideas and Edith admires that. She’s been on one path for so long, she’s not sure what it would be like to switch interests so often. He doesn’t seem like the brightest crayon in the box but he’s got a good heart and is a good friend.

CHE PADILLA: They’ve been friends for a while and though she wouldn’t tell him what to do or who to work for, she thinks if you’re scared of your boss, it’s time to get a new job.

SOPHIA BERNARD-LEWIS: If Sophie’s cousin’s a bit of an idiot, she’s definitely not. They hang out sometimes and both have a big workload but Edith helps Sophia study sometimes. She knows what it’s like to work especially hard for a degree and wants to help her succeed if she can.

ELIAS CHURCH: He came into the ER with a knife wound last year– said it was a work injury but last Edith checked, there weren’t many butchers who somehow lost control of their knives to the point of being stabbed in the side. was tempted to call the police but kept silent because the supervising doctor was silent too. still thinks it’s fishy but hasn't said anything.

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LUMIÉRE ▶ LEON BERNARD (  OWNER OF THE RABBIT HOLE ● 37  ●  RYAN GOSLING ● OPEN )

Leon was born to Violet and Allen Bernard in Denver and when he was almost two, his parents divorced. A year later, his dad remarried Rose and a year later Cameron was born. Having a brother was great, and growing up in a blended family even more so. His mom was still in the picture and their family was larger and more blended than most, with everyone living in close proximity to each other. But growing up in a large family meant having to work harder to stand out and Leon certainly did that. 

He was always a bit of a showman, even from a young age – often enlisting Cameron and their cousin Sophia into his antics. They often played his stagehands for magic tricks, his supporting cast for musical performances and his business partners for lemonade stands. He was always dreaming big, always trying something new and he became known as the idea guy of the family. 

These big ideas served him well, getting him into Stanford’s business program and while academics weren’t exactly his strong suit, he managed to get by with some elbow grease and the help of Cameron who followed in his footsteps a year later. Academics weren’t his focus either, so much as charming professors, RA’s and other members of administration. He’s responsible for planning the most successful festivals the school had seen and for being the person everyone wanted to hang out with. Calling him charismatic would’ve been an understatement. He was magnetic.

Post-graduation he decided to open a club in downtown LA, with the help of Cameron, of course, and it was good for a while, pretty successful and vibrant until, five years ago, Leon reneged on a deal he made with someone when he realized they were taking a larger cut than agreed upon. He didn’t know they had ties to a local gang who responded by setting the club on fire one night, with Leon still inside closing up. 

It’s a miracle he even survived, with only severe burns on his one arm and torso. It took several months and skin grafts to heal. During his time in the hospital, his family came around him, but none more so than Cameron. His brother got him back on his feet and encouraged him to seek another venture, promising to be with him the entire time. So when Leon found a real estate listing for a shoddy run down place in a town called Grimmbrook, he got an idea and they moved to make that idea a reality. The Rabbit Hole opened three years ago and has been thriving since.

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CAMERON BERNARD: Cameron and Leon are half brothers but no one would ever guess that beyond their looks being slightly different. From the time Cameron was born, the two boys were attached at the hip. Leon was always the one dragging his little brother along on his adventures and antics and Cameron joined, mostly to make sure Leon didn’t get himself killed. Their entire lives went this way, Leon leading and Cameron protecting, even if Leon didn’t think he needed protection. They work together like yin and yang and if anyone were to ever hurt or cross Leon’s brother, there’d be hell to pay. 

SOPHIA BERNARD-LEWIS: Sophia made Leon and Cameron’s duo into a trio. Leon was responsible for getting her nose out of books every now and then, the only one who could really convince her to play outside and get muddy. She’s like a little sister and the three of them together are inseparable. Sophia’s ex-fiance is on the top of his shitlist for hurting his cousin and he’s made sure to let Sophia know that if she needs anything, just to ask him. Already, he and Cameron agreed to help Sophia cover some of her tuition at Grimmbrook University – it’s just what family does. 

SIMON CHURCH: If there’s anything that Leon learned from how his club in LA went, it’s not to mess with the wrong people. But learning a lesson and applying it to real life are two different things. He knows that Simon’s got his own strip club and while they serve different clients for different purposes, Fairy Tails is The Rabbit Hole’s main competition, which makes Simon Leon’s main competition. He’s heard about what the guy can do and doesn’t want to poke the bear but he can’t resist the challenge of doing better than the established strip club. 

TYLER DECKER: He’s a riot and the exact type of customer that Leon wants to draw into the club. He sees Tyler as the person who couldn’t give a flying fuck what anyone else thinks about him having a good time and appreciates that. Whenever Tyler’s there, the party is taken to another level, for better or worse. 

MICHELLE MIU: Three years ago he saw a property listing and contacted the printed number. Michelle Miu picked up and thus began their dealings. The property he saw would become The Rabbit Hole but before it was a fixer upper. He did a deal with Michelle to get the property at a steal in return for a small percentage of the club’s earnings the first three years. He was happy to pay it at first but is a little less happy now that her cut isn’t so small because of how well the club is doing. They’ve got half a year left in their contract but he’s trying to figure out a way to cut her out sooner than that. 

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THE FAIRY GODMOTHER ▶ IDA LAWSON ( MIDNIGHT PUB MANAGER ● 39 ● MINKA KELLY ● TAKEN)

Ida Lawson wasn’t supposed to be alive; she wasn’t even a planned pregnancy. Her mother wanted one daughter, one to spoil, one to push into everything. So when Marisol gave birth to her first daughter, Kate, she wasn’t really looking for another baby, especially for what she was told about Ida. In the womb, there was always one baby that had more movement, and just healthier you know? And when it came, the doctors warned Marisol of the other twin’s activity, or well, lack thereof. So when she had Kate, who was moving and screaming, crying at the top of her lungs, Marisol was just happy to have a healthy baby first, never thinking that a screaming baby was such a good sound. But when Ida was born, nine minutes later, she never made a sound, hell; she didn’t even open her eyes. But despite her deathly composure, right before the doctor was about to pronounce her, Ida began to scream, much louder than Kate had, crying and what not; just a little late, but all the more heart-attack inducing. And so, from this little event within a few minutes of her life, she had the middle name, Faith, faith to bounce back, given to her by her father.

But that was one of the last times that Ida knew of her mother’s concern. From that point onward it seemed that she was always in Kate’s shadow. Of course when she and Kate were little girls, children, they were put into every extracurricular activity known under the sun, but it was Kate who always got the shiny gold, Kate who got the attention. Things changed as they got older. Middle school went by seamlessly as she flowed into high school. She became one of the most popular girls in school, funny, loud, just herself that happened to make friends so easily. It did help that she looked like more of a girl that her now socially inept sister, Kate.

When the girls were seventeen, her sister disappeared. They said the last time she was seen was when she was walking home from school and a white van approached her. No plates, no leads, no suspects. It was as if she had disappeared into thin air. Her parents became obsessed trying to find her and all the stress eventually drove them apart. 

Six years ago Kate’s remains were found outside of a town called Grimmbrook. Ida wanted to find out what happened and it was never her intention to actually stay in town. Yet for some reason she can't bear the though of leaving. Not without finding out the truth.

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Farishka Dugal: When Ida first met Farishka, she was this gorgeous mysterious woman who showed a special interest in her. She fell for her fast and hard, and the two got married within little time of knowing each other. For years, she was blissfully unaware of Farishka’s real line of work, and they were happy. They were discussing the possibility of having a child when Ida found out the truth. She tried to be okay with it, that was how much she loved Farishka, but in the end thinking about how their child would be raised around that kind of business made up her mind that as long as Farishka is involved with illicit drugs and organized crime, she can’t be with her.

Noah Cameron: Upon first meeting, Ida thought he was polite, respectful, decent. She saw the way he treated Ella’s mother and thought he was pretty much prince charming. Then, slowly, she picked up on details, and when Ella finally told her about how the Camerons treated her, she decided that Noah Cameron isn’t a good man. She can’t be sure he had a finger on his late wife’s death, of course, but he doesn’t need to be a murderer to be a bad guy in her eyes. And to Ida, his biggest crime is not treating Ella as a daughter. That particular subjects hits too close to home for her to ignore.

Ella Gertrude: Ida has hit it off with Ella as soon as she first met the girl. Hardworking, down to earth and with a heart of gold, Ida thinks the world of her. She was heartbroken to hear about her situation at home, and quick to offer her own place as a sort of safe space for Ella to stay in. After her divorce, the house feels a little too quiet anyway. She tries her best to make sure Ella stands up for herself and backs her up whenever she has the chance. She thinks of her as a sort of little sister.

Declan Vasquez: Ida had spent the night keeping an eye on all the customers at Midnight Pub. She saw one man downing drink after drink. To make matters worse, she saw him grab his car keys and drive away. She knew that was dangerous, and called the police to make sure he didn’t hurt anyone. It was too late, but at least they caught the guy. She knows Declan knows she called the police, and he doesn’t seem too happy about it. Of course the complaint was quickly gotten rid of by the Triton Group, and Declan still comes to the Midnight Pub often to rub that on her face.

Anastasia and Drusilla Cameron: Despite her general discontentment with the Camerons’ behavior towards Ella, Ida finds it in herself to forgive the spoiled Cameron girls. She thinks they are still young, and following their father’s example rather than having a mind of their own on the matter. She hopes they will come around and realize that family has nothing to do with blood, and tries to offer advice here and there as someone with a lot more life experience than them.