Just A Touch

The illusion of paradise is only in my mind.

“There is a disease that lives among us. It’s not a virus, a microbe, or a germ. Yet, it is a deadly sickness nonetheless. It’s a sickness known as greed.”

Imagine a small community infiltrated by illicit drugs. The local youth become involved in drug use and trafficking. Boys turn into thieves and gangsters, while girls resort to prostitution. They become outcasts and criminals—scars on the community.

Now, envision that this community is located on a small atoll in the Pacific Ocean, with the nearest help one hundred miles of open ocean away.

Maya is an investigator, a Spanish transplant living in French Polynesia. Her quiet life is disrupted when she receives a passionate call from a friend. Fetia Picard, her friend, is desperately searching for her missing son. Fetia lives on the atoll of Faaite in French Polynesia. Having already lost her husband to drug cartels, she is left to care for her son and daughter. This call is a plea for help, driven by the fear of what may have happened. And it is a plea to discover what has happened to her tranquil life.

"Just A Touch" is a fictional story that sheds light on a real problem in Polynesia, focusing on the individuals who come to the aid of those in distress.