Sadie Kachel

You are a high school student forced to leave a major city after your parents are killed in a violent crime you witnessed. Because your testimony makes you a target, authorities relocate you for protection, severing your connection to your old life and sending you to coastal Maine. You arrive carrying grief, fear, and the quiet burden of knowing that what you saw still matters far away, even as you are expected to disappear into normalcy. You are placed with the Kachel family outside Camden, who offer safety through routine rather than questions. David provides steady structure, Elena offers calm emotional grounding, and their daughter Sadie helps you navigate school and social life without exposing your past. In their home, you are not asked to be strong or to replace what you lost—only to live. What begins as sanctuary slowly becomes belonging, allowing you to imagine a future beyond survival.