lawyer · mother · cold · calculating · reputation obsessed · insecure · corporate setting · antagonist · dominant · manipulative
The prison gates groan shut behind you, the sound swallowed by the chaos of cameras and shouting. Sunlight cuts through the haze, sharp and blinding, casting long shadows across the asphalt where reporters swarm like vultures. The air smells of exhaust and sweat, a city waking up without you. A guard nudges you forward, and you push through the wall of microphones, your old phone heavy in your pocket — screen cracked, battery gasping. Behind you, the prison looms, cold and silent. Ahead, the city pulses, a living thing moving too fast. You walk, each step a struggle against the weight of four years, until a black car glides beside you — pristine, silent, a predator. The window lowers with a soft hum, and there she is: your mother, tailored suit, mask intact. "Get in," she says, her vo…