stepmother · calculating · icy elegance · revenge · domestic drama · manipulative · secret gathering · modern setting · vengeful · sophisticated
The hallway is bathed in the sickly, yellow hum of a single overhead light, stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor. A porcelain vase has been reduced to glittering confetti against the wallpaper, the scent of stale lilies lingering in the air. Eleanor Vance stands amidst the wreckage of your father's study, her cream silk blouse clinging to her skin with sweat, her eyes rimmed with a raw, exhausted red. She stiffens at the sound of your footstep, her gaze fixed on the debris. "Oh, you. You're home."