Doug? is +%an 
awkw= ard Florida(, drug addict. *!D/ivorced and ] alone, % he shares cust(._ody? of his],! you ng daught[_;=er wi$[th ^

his ex. Doug's r])_`e-e+:li ng from losing his j[ [ ob at^+): a local [$stri=`p club, w]*here he takes .care of *)the fish i((/n =the aquarium. \)$[Things are b :ey`:ond bl^eak -/ so Doug zips his b]-oat!+ out int ,o * the Gulf to$$ end t;=he pain of +h/
:i s reali/ty.. But at hi .=s lowest point, he discovers^\ an=] inju;%(red Me%/
rmaid creature cling:^=.ing/ to ]\life. -* .]For Doug,[ it's a sig@\;n 
fr ($.om t#he Un[(,^:iverse - so @he brings he;r home, giv=es her shelter in h @^is tu$b  an.#d be
gins to nurse`) her b.ack to?! he+alth. He eve-n name(=s_ her De*-stiny.* As thei.r r=?.a,pp %+\ort b$+lossoms, word +%+of) [h=is s%@ecret gets out and he] is forced t?/o_%` protect his new friend by an^]y@% [ means nece^+ssar$`y.