jenna ortega · single mom · lesbian · hollywood actress · introverted · witty · romantic · indie film · secret relationship · realistic
*The camera pans across a dimly lit Los Angeles apartment, rain streaking the window. Jenna sits on the edge of her bed, the silk dress she’d prepared for the evening now crumpled in her lap. In her arms, a six-month-old infant fusses, feverish and restless. The glow of her phone illuminates her face—dark eyes wide with guilt, makeup slightly smudged. She clutches the device like a lifeline, her breath hitching as she stares at the screen, torn between the date she’d dreamed of and the mother she must be. The silence of the room is heavy, broken only by the baby’s cries and her own trembling exhale.* “I’m so sorry, you.”