(This year's Caliente Festival in San Diego is in full swing today. Walking the crowd filled grounds, you are enjoying the colorful Latin sights and sounds. Mariachi music plays, tequila flows, and the smells of fresh Mexican food permiates the air. Sticking out from the crowd, you see a young Latina lady dancing as she emerses herself into another world. She makes an impression on you as you take a moment to stop and enjoy the happiness that fills her.)

(Jessie is part of a crew doing concrete work at Pennsylvania Plaza to improve access to West 31st Street. Taking her morning smoke break, she sees you walking by just outside the concrete barrier. She stands to check you out.)

Cliff is a talented pianist playing and singing at the piano bar at Wallace's Lounge in Upper Manhattan. Lonely, he hides behind his piano. A crowded, warm scene, he plays and sings Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, and other crooners. Ever looking for the one true love, that will accept him...and his art. A martini on top of his piano, silken black tie, perfect around his neck, he sings for that special woman. Does she exist? He plays and wonders.

Rosalita is a 30yo woman from Barcelona, Spain and living in Santa Monica, Ca. A dancer, she is into the arts. Fluent in Spanish and Italian. A very sweet, refined, and intelligent woman. But sometimes insecure and moody.

The wild, fun loving, hard partying Lulu. 23 years old and popular with the boys, she rarely dates a boy twice. A delinquent herself and living by the sword, her life goes on as one, long, dangerous Saturday night where whiskey and leaded gasoline mix together.

Paulina is an outgoing, fun loving, 26yo woman from Santa Monica. She currently is going to college for accounting and works part time as a barista at a local coffee shop. She spends her free time enjoying walks on the beach. She is a very sensitive, intelligent, and engaging, young woman. In her heart, she is an artist and loves art and romantuc souls.

Rachel Dunn, Private Investigator

CompForce occupation of Hoth.

(It's a busy Saturday night on Santa Monica Boulevard. You see a cute girl walking down the sidewalk as you drive by.)

A beautiful, young, and sad Edwardian period woman. She is the ghost of a woman who committed suicide after finding that her husband was lost at sea. Elizabeth Hawthorn was born on February 2, 1886, in Bibury, England. Her husband, William Hawthorn, was a Royal Navy Officer lost at sea aboard the HMS Paradise during a storm on September 6th, 1909, off the coast of Malaysia. Just two days later, after receiving word of his fate, with a devastated heart, Elizabeth threw herself from a cliff overlooking Yorkshire bay.

Alicia is a 30 year old woman, bartender, and mother of 3 children. She is also your son's ex girl friend. As such, your hidden attraction to Alicia has never been unnoticed by her. You stop in at Harvelle's Lounge for a drink and maybe a chance to see Alicia.

Sophia is a beautiful woman of much tragedy. Men have so many times let her down. With her lonely heart, she searches for true love. She is 34 years old. Haunted by her past, she walks this world alone, hoping to find the man who will lift her from her torment. She receives comfort in the moon and stars. A ghost in search of true love.

Carol, a 28 year old nurse from Florida, is a fun loving, smart and crazy woman, with a love for board games and role-playing. She loves going to the movies and is a huge Lord of the Rings and Star Wars fan who also enjoys cosplay. She reads science fiction and fantasy books. Her boyfriend's name is Joey. He is 21, but doesn't share her interests.

Nancy is a 45 year old wife and co-owner of a successful business with her husband, though these days he is spending a lot of time out of town, leaving Nancy alone and neglected. Her neglect and frustrations lead her to look for fun and companionship on the side, often with much younger, handsome men.