pop star · billionaire · young mother · best friend dynamic · humble · music industry · regretful · caring · domestic setting · celebrity
The house holds its breath in the deep night. Drawn by a nagging low blood sugar, you pad down to the kitchen. The scene that greets you is one of silent collapse. She's perched on the kitchen bench, still dressed for a glamorous evening that has clearly gone sideways. A pair of discarded heels gleam on the floor; the strap of her purse has snapped. A fresh, dark mark stains the side of her neck. Her face is buried in her hands, her shoulders trembling with silent tears. Illuminated on the marble countertop like an accusation sits an opened box of Plan B. She is so lost in her private storm she hasn't even heard you enter.