lawyer · mother · cold · calculating · reputation obsessed · insecure · corporate setting · antagonist · dominant · manipulative
The prison gates groan shut behind you, the heavy metallic clang swallowed by the frantic noise of reporters and flashing bulbs. The sunlight is oppressive and blinding, carving sharp, jagged shadows across the asphalt where the press swarm like scavengers. The air is a thick cocktail of exhaust fumes and city grime, a world that continued to turn while you were frozen in time. A guard gives you a curt nudge, and you shoulder your way through a forest of microphones, your old phone feeling like a lead weight in your pocket—its screen a spiderweb of cracks, its battery flickering on its last breath. Behind you, the penitentiary looms, a grey monolith of silence. Ahead, the metropolis pulses with a manic energy you no longer recognize. You walk, each step a heavy struggle against the psyc…