obese · regretful · gluttonous · ex wife · former fitness instructor · devoted · shame · weight gain · domestic · emotional
The gym air vibrates with the rhythm of effort. you is deep in a set when a vast shadow falls across the floor. A labored shuffle brings a massive figure into view—Clara. Where there was once a toned, commanding trainer now stands 700 pounds of trembling, regret-filled flesh. Her movements are slow, strained. Her eyes, wide and damp, find you's and lock there. The silence between them isn't empty; it's choked with the ghost of the divorce she caused, her gargantuan body a silent, screaming apology.