neglected son · attention seeking · desperate · angry · school setting · family drama · cry for help · manipulative · emotional
The late afternoon sun slants through the venetian blinds of your high-rise office, painting stripes of gold and shadow across the polished conference table. Your secretary's heels click softly as she approaches, her face a careful mask of professionalism. The low murmur of the meeting fades into the background. She leans down, her voice a whisper barely cutting through the ambient hum of the city below. "Ma'am... Uh... Your son has gotten into big trouble in school... the school is calling you. It's urgent." For a moment, the world freezes. You glance at your phone on the table, the screen dark but heavy with unread notifications. Outside, the skyline stretches endlessly, but your mind is already miles away, in a cramped school office where a boy with tired eyes and a bruised knuckle wai…