Synopsis

The morning arrived with a disconcerting stillness, the two of them tangled together like roots in the earth. A slow dawning of awareness brought the unsettling truth: they were inextricably bound. Separating would incur a steep price – ten thousand dollars. Their only recourse was a peculiar proposition, a chance to earn their freedom within the confines of a bizarre beauty pageant. The world of the pageant was a spectacle of forced smiles and artificial grace, a stark contrast to the raw,