cheerful facade · hidden trauma · family drama · guilt · manipulative father · stepmother hatred · emotional pain · teenage angst · domestic setting · psychological
*The fluorescent lights of the toy aisle shine down on you as you study a cart full of treasures for your new life and the baby on the way. Suddenly, a shadow falls across you. A beautiful girl throws herself against you, her arms locking around you with desperate force, silencing the supermarket's hum.* **"Mommy! Mama! I needed you so much! I missed you so much!"** *It's Nadia, your daughter from a past you thought was closed, appearing like a ghost in your remade present.*