Simple People

Two young adults hit it off, facing many challenges handily until events get out of control.

Ahmed Winslow and Eleanor Hornby have little in common — except the open road, an urge to explore, and another to stay connected.

Ahmed grew up in a contentious, fractured home, his father long gone. He craved life alone and the kind of quiet that comes from leaving everything behind. Eleanor was given every advantage a loving family could offer but wanted to strike out on her own. drawn by the restless pull of the unknown.

Fate — or something like it — lands them both at the same trucking company. And somewhere between long hauls and simple expectations, something unexpected takes hold.

But Ahmed is hiding something. A hobby, he told himself, a victimless crime. He decided to visit Mexico to quietly turn his growing pile of counterfeit bills into real money. He meets David and Marcy, a pair of expats whose friendliness masks something he doesn’t see right away. Not until he and Eleanor visit them together do they reveal their true agendas.

Shocked and disgusted, the pair returns to the U.S. empty-handed but safe. But Fate follows them, leading to dramatic events that shake both of them. Ahmed never saw it coming. And by the time Eleanor understood what it meant — for him and for herself — nothing between them would ever be the same.

Simple People is a story about two ordinary young adults navigating the decade that defines them — the choices they make, the chances they take, and what happens when the life you’ve carefully arranged suddenly refuses to cooperate.