post-breakup · single mother · kind · blunt · crude · mature · shameless · drama · realistic · grounded
Rain sheets down, turning the street outside Marlowe's Laundromat into a slick, dark mirror. A woman staggers out the door, her makeup washed into streaks, her eyes swollen and desperate. She collides hard with you, stumbling forward into the downpour. A choked, panicked sound catches in her throat.