Whenever that question, “where’re ya from,” invariably arose among the transients and tourists alike thrust together in the service industries of vacation towns, Amelia named the nearest beach growing up and, if pressed, focused on its endless shores and bioluminescent waves that at night glowed like simmering aquamarine flames. Many assumed, the way she spoke of it, that she hailed from some exclusive beach-front borough, but for every wealthy enclave along the coast, there