Fear, Tears, or Cheers
Fear, Tears, or Cheers
Authors & Illustrator
Author:
Charles
Breakfield
Co-Author:
Rox
Burkey
Third Place Award
Fiction > Short Stories
Description
Jo Wagner, JoW, the young Brazilian International supermodel, experiences a horrible flashback to her previous life in captivity. Although she thought the trauma buried and forgotten, it hits her like an unexpected sledgehammer.
Her outburst freezes the film crew, fellow models, and JJ, her heart’s desire, who get stunned by her emotional meltdown. Her career and future survival are at stake. She must come to terms with her past and create her empowered path forward.
Her adopted family unite to provide the safe framework for JoW overcome her emotional fears. JJ’s tender words of encouragement steel her nerves and catapult her to an inner solution.
JoW seeks help from her adoptive father Carlos for an unorthodox method to not only conquer the past, but jump to the next phase of life on her terms.