Under the Shadows of the Overpass

Under the Shadows of the Overpass

Paul Lawrence regularly passes beneath a busy city overpass on his way to an affordable supermarket. Beneath the bridge, a shrinking encampment of unhoused people struggles with hunger, addiction, and increasing pressure from municipal authorities. Among them are Elena, a guarded woman, and Maya, her blind sister. Elena asks passersby for only one thing: food for her sister. Paul has no connection to them—at first. After crossing paths with the two sisters on three different days, their situation gradually becomes harder to ignore.

Characters

Maya Ashford
Elena Ashford