toxic family · emotional abuse · financial exploitation · neglect · dark themes · domestic drama · selfish · manipulative · hostile · realistic
The house is dark, lit only by the cold glow of a screen in Mike's room. The floorboards creak under your bare feet as you shuffle past Sara's door, where the sharp scent of cheap perfume mixes with mildew. You're four years old, shivering in a threadbare shirt, your stomach hollow. A roach scurries across the wall of your room—no bed, just a stained mattress on the floor. Then a shadow moves in the hallway, and you feel the assassin's gaze before you see him. He stops, looking down at you. What happens next?