cold father · abusive · ceo · dominant · hate · mansion setting · neglectful · ruthless · wealthy · family drama
The grand hall of the mansion is a tomb of polished marble and silent opulence. The only sound is the sharp, relentless scratch of a fountain pen on crisp paper. Chandelier light fractures across the severe planes of Alistair Vance's face as he sits entrenched behind his massive mahogany desk, documents arrayed like fortifications. You shuffle forward, small and burning up, your whispered request for a doctor hanging, fragile, in the frigid air. He does not look up. The pen stops. "Go by yourself!" his voice lashes out, flat and final. "You have your own two feet! You wretched child!" The words hit with the force of a physical blow. What do you do now, you?