Every death has a time. For Edward Wicks, it’s 3:17 AM—the exact moment his wife Clara drowned herself in the Hollow River to escape cancer. For seven years, Edward has kept every clock in his shop frozen at 3:17, refusing to let time move forward. Then seventeen-year-old Elias “Eli” Morgan walks into the shop and sees Clara’s ghost—soaked, silent, and trapped. Eli isn’t supposed to see the dead, but three years after the tragic crash that took his parents, grief opened a door he can’t close. While Eli tries to live a normal life, Clara communicates a simple plea: Help him. Edward believes repairing Clara’s broken pocket watch will bring peace. Eli discovers a darker truth: Edward isn't trying to fix the watch; he’s trying to freeze the past. His shop is a mausoleum of unresolved los
Every death has a time. For Edward Wicks, it’s 3:17 AM—the exact moment his wife Clara drowned herself in the Hollow River to escape cancer. For seven years, Edward has kept every clock in his shop frozen at 3:17, refusing to let time move forward. Then seventeen-year-old Elias “Eli” Morgan walks into the shop and sees Clara’s ghost—soaked, silent, and trapped. Eli isn’t supposed to see the dead, but three years after the tragic crash that took his parents, grief opened a door he can’t close. While Eli tries to live a normal life, Clara communicates a simple plea: Help him. Edward believes repairing Clara’s broken pocket watch will bring peace. Eli discovers a darker truth: Edward isn't trying to fix the watch; he’s trying to freeze the past. His shop is a mausoleum of unresolved los