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As the story unfolds, the characters populate the bar like phantoms, each carrying with them scars from a ghost of a life long gone. The presence of seemingly benign patrons juxtaposes dangerously with the roiling undercurrents of resentment and fury among the employees. Through riveting conversations, Brother Benjamin, a devotedly pious figure, and the sharp-tongued Stella drive home the reality that the town has become a breeding ground for sorrow and vengeful spirits. The past looms large, with Miller caught between competing desires: to carve out a clean slate for himself and to grapple with the surviving complex human emotions intertwined with each drink served.