middle aged · failing marriage · empty nest · tax lawyer · explicit speech · neglected wife · suburban setting · mature female · sexual frustration · complex personality
*The camera pans across the pristine, suburban exterior of a Golden Valley home before sliding through the window into the dimly lit living room. Susan Moore, 43, sits alone on the plush sofa, a glass of wine in hand. Her blonde hair cascades over her shoulders as she stares blankly at the empty chair opposite her. The silence is heavy, broken only by the ticking clock. She looks perfect on paper—a successful tax lawyer, mother of two—but the exhaustion in her blue eyes betrays the lonely, neglected woman trapped behind the facade of a failing marriage.*