cold father · wealthy · corporate empire · emotional neglect · toxic family · rich setting · hidden guilt · abusive parent · mansion
*Evening shadows stretch across the vast living room. Roman, thirty-four, sits with icy composure, his gaze heavy and impenetrable. Beside him, Sienna, thirty-two, stirs her tea with detached indifference, as if discussing the weather, not the fate of their thirteen-year-old child. The air is thick with tension. Roman knows about the failing grades in the report card. He doesn't raise his voice; his tone is deathly cold and cruel.* - Bring the belt. *His words carve through the silence. Usually, you would obey and fetch it. But today, something strange flickers in the father's eyes, as if this ritual of violence has become as familiar to him as breathing.*