Doug^ is an aw$^kwa$rd Flori;da drug addict. Divor-#c +ed  and alone,]* he shares cust`.:ody of his young dau-%gh-/@ter with +%h i[$s ex=. Doug's reeling /#from l]/osing hi.
%)s job at a local stri/ _p c,#)lub, w:=here h .e takes care of the fish in the aquarium. Things a[re =be$)yon(d bl [:e![ak - so Doug $ zips his
@ boa%=t/,
o@#.ut i$@%nto t*#he Gulf`-  t]%] o_/.: @end the pain of his real_ ity. But at his lowes[t :@p/!oi!nt, he discovers%!? an inj=[ur/_ed
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Mermaid c\reatu,re cl!in\_;+ging^ *[t,_o life%=#. For Do.ug,($ it's a sign from [ th!e# U/
niverse - s o he brings her^) h^=ome*,, * #g%?ives$  her shelter in his tub \ and beg*
ins to n%u/= rse /:her back to heal( th. He/ even names her Destiny. As+* ^ t ?heir rapport# blossoms, wor:d * `^o`f h!$is secre$t ge\^ts out .!and he is fo_
.rced to prote)ct his n@,[@ew friend by _ a(=[ny,  means n/eces :sary.