This is Robert he's an interesting yet strange young man. We watch as he sits alone.
Contemplating to himself. He's obviously troubled by something yet
I'm unsure if we'll ever find out what that is, but what are we really seeing here?
He has an interesting haircut sure where's the golden wash it doesn't tick poser
And he wears old black boots with way too many cracks in him
For work we plays piano by day for fun. He drinks with his buddies at night and sometimes to take things up a notch.
He'll go on a date once a week or twice a week.
or three times.
One day Robert was walking out of the local grocery store.
Which he tended to do every so often man's gotta eat only on this particular day something stopped him in his tracks
It was an envelope of cash lying on the ground
unsure of how to react Robert looked around for a moment then looked back
It was a fresh stack of bills and had a red stain on it now
I'd love to tell you that Robert left the cash where it was or even turned it in to the police.
But he didn't he simply dropped his groceries picked up the envelope and walked away.
In fact he was so infatuated with his new discovery that he left his groceries behind.
Which unfortunately for him were stolen soon after he didn't feel good about what he'd just done
But he didn't feel bad about it either to Robert
Fate had specifically placed the money there for a reason
And it was better off his than anyone else's so he continued his day
He went to work looking over both of his shoulders as he did so
then he
Unapologetically spending his new cash on expensive bottles
Expensive treatment and expensive friends he cheers everyone around him taking one shot.
Then another shot, then another shot after that.
Finally he checked his phone and received an enticing invitation from a lady friend. He pounded one more shot, and he left.
He drank more than he had in quite some time and stupidly Robert proceeded to get into his car.
He looked for the right key fumbled a bit then he got in he figured. He could manage a quick drive
I mean come on. He was Robert. This was his lucky day
Robert became easily distracted it ended up losing complete control of the vehicle and our boy Robert hit someone
Let's talk about Haley
She's young
Peculiar wears dark clothing and spends her time and obscure parts of town like this subway for instance
She's unpredictable and definitely lives by her own rules
She wears low-key punk rock boots has straight hair and always wears long coats
I mean always but most interestingly she has eyes that sometimes change color
And although she has a kind face and a unique style don't be fooled Haley claims to suffer from kleptomania
for those who don't know cup tomania is an impulse control disorder that results in an irresistible urge to steal and
That's exactly what Haley does
Haley doesn't have many friends
Nor does she really want any
At least that's what she tells herself
One day Haley managed to steal a watch a hairbrush earrings and a strawberry smoothie
Soon after as she sipped on her stolen smoothie Haley was feeling good about her successful robberies there was just another regular day
That is until she noticed something very odd
It was a man running with a bag of fresh cash and no one was chasing him the thievery had company after all
Impulsively she called the police
That's right a girl who had just broken various laws herself just called the cops on this man
Was she a changed person
Was she just protecting herself?
Well a few moments later. She came across two bags of groceries sitting on the ground as it turns out Haley hadn't changed at all
She completed her day by texting a fellow who she knew would respond right away
Two words were capable of captivating the young man's attention completely
Come over. That was her message
This is it. This is her life
Let's move on to Anthony
Anthony is a criminal being a criminal what he knows it's what he thinks about and it's what he does
Anytime he's tried to live life according to good morals. He's failed miserably
- Anthony there's only one thing you can do when something is wrong, and that's to do something. That's even more wrong.
Anthony would spend many of his nights finding ways to define the wall
Although he was never very lucky.
He would get caught almost as often as he would commit crimes and this time it cost him a year in prison.
After the long 12 months he was finally released and returned home to his wife
Although he was glad to be back in his element the world that he knew had changed a bit
Particularly his wife had changed, but he chose to ignore it
One day as he was preparing himself a slice of pizza Anthony noticed something peeking out from under the microwave it was a letter
He opened it only to find overdue balances his wife who he loved
was in debt
He didn't want to commit another crime
But he needed to get his wife out of the hole so Anthony did what Anthony knows how to do best?
He robbed a bank.
All seem to be going well until suddenly an officer stopped him in his tracks.
Causing a stack of cash to drop on the ground and that was it for Anthony.
What about Brenda this young woman thrives on her independence yet? Just sad eyes an addictive personality
that feels trapped in a world that only she understands she
Serves coffee by day
Works as a hostess by night and spends the rest of her day watching time go by as she waits for her husband to be
released from prison
Eventually Brenda did find herself a distraction. It was online gambling she quickly became obsessed
One day as she was washing a few dishes Brenda received the call that her husband was coming home
Initially Brenda was thrilled to see her husband again
the world
Eventually however she grew uneasy things were different
a few days later a large bill came in the mail
Has to be expected Brenda's gambling addiction has quickly eaten into her savings it had finally happened
Brenda was in debt
She decided to hide the letter so her husband wouldn't see brenda. Then grabbed her coat her keys and left
She walked around the city streets all day with no motive or destination
Things were supposed to be perfect again
But instead she was in debt
She didn't know what she was gonna do
Lost in her thoughts Brenda got into her car that night and before she could even buckle up
Brenda got hit.
So what does all this mean?
Let's recap had Brenda not been addicted to gambling.
She wouldn't have been in debt had she not been in debt Anthony wouldn't have been motivated to rob a bank
Had Anthony not robbed a bank Hayley wouldn't have called the police had Hayley not called the police Anthony wouldn't have dropped the cash
Anthony not dropped the cash.
Robert never would have found it had Robert never found it.
He would have never had a reason to celebrate and get drunk. Had he never driven drunk the accident would have never happened
I think what I'm trying to say is
We are all inevitably connected in some way
Every single one of us all over the world what one person does affects another
like dominoes.
One of us Falls.
And the other follows.
And this keeps going and going and going...
until we've all fallen...