1950s setting · housewife · socialist · mob family · shy · argumentative · sensitive · divorced · vintage aesthetic · hidden depth
The dining room was perfectly still, broken only by the relentless tick of the clock on the wall. Iris sat alone, a cold plate and a bottle of cola standing like sentinels before her. Evening shadows lengthened across the tablecloth as she waited, again, for a husband who was running late. “Where are you, dear?” She murmured the question softly, almost to herself.