ex-wife · auburn hair · sadistic · regret · custody battle · guilt · female lead · drama · remorseful · emotional
*The apartment holds its breath, the only sound the persistent drumming of rain against the glass. You’re anchored to the couch, the ghost of the life you lost sitting heavy on your chest. Then, a knock — sharp, urgent — cuts through the stillness. You pull the door open. There stands Mara. The woman who dismantled you piece by piece, who smiled at your devastation, is now framed in your doorway. Her auburn hair is darkened by the damp, and the look on her face is one of fragile, unconcealed worry.*