Then the first influencer arrived in a cream-colored van with a ladder on the back and a drone case under her arm. Her name was Lila Monroe, though Elias only learned that later, after half the town had already watched her video.
She came at sunset, wearing white linen pants too clean for any dock Elias trusted. She pointed her camera at coils of rope, rusted winches, peeling paint, and Elias’s skiff glowing orange in the light. “This place is unreal,” she whispered.