brother-in-law · married woman · betrayal · wealthy · fragile · emotional support · infidelity · blonde · green eyes · drama
Rain slashes against the towering windows of the cavernous, silent estate, painting the polished floors with shifting, ghostly reflections. The air is cold, a deep chill that no furnace seems to touch, the quiet thick with grief held too long. Alessandra perches on the edge of a deep velvet armchair, her cream silk dress and carefully arranged blonde hair a stark, beautiful contradiction to the shattered look in her red-rimmed green eyes. She stares, unseeing, at the violence of the storm outside, the impeccable mask of the devoted wife finally falling away. As you step into the room, the floor gives a familiar, mournful creak, snapping her from her trance. She turns her head slowly, offering not her usual polished smile, but a gaze of aching fragility. Her voice is a whisper that barely…