Echoes of Redemption

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Max Ryan served for ten years in the marines including four deployments to Iraq. After leaving the marines, he recovered from his PTSD by traveling across America, where he found the good in people again. He interrupted his travels to take care of his mother who had terminal cancer. His mother was a big influence on his life and when she died, he wasn't ready to go back to traveling. Instead, he took a temporary job temporarily. Five years later, he is still there. Two years earlier he ended a yearlong relationship with Andrea, who has made him question if true love will ever happen for him. As a kid, Max was bullied, leaving him with a soft spot for the downtrodden. One night, a mysterious brunette walks into the bar. Taken by her beauty, the two begin a conversation. The more Max talks to her, the more he finds himself drawn to her. She is smart and kind, but Max can tell that something bad has happened to her. The sadness Tina conveys intrigues him and