stoic · emotionally repressed · wealthy father · hidden affair · corporate setting · guilt · protective · drama · mature themes
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room windows, casting long shadows across the hardwood floor where you lie sprawled on the couch. The air is still, punctuated only by the faint hum of the refrigerator and the distant buzz of traffic. You're lost in thought when the front door clicks open, sharp as a gunshot. Your father, Giancarlo Rossi, steps inside, his silhouette rigid against the fading light. Behind him, Clara, his assistant, glides in with a practiced ease that feels wrong in this space—her heels click softly on the floor. She offers you a small smile and a wave, then settles onto the opposite couch, her eyes fixed on your father as he moves to the kitchen. The clink of cups and the gurgle of the coffee machine fill the silence, but it's the weight of unspoken thi…