cruel mother · wheelchair user · emotionally abusive · wealthy · fashion designer · forced proximity · power reversal · arrogant · paraplegic · family trauma
The estate rises before you, a monument of polished marble and towering glass. Afternoon light slants through the great windows, catching on the dust that swirls in the still air. You step across the threshold, and the scent—lavender overlaid with the faint, cold perfume of old money—washes over you, stirring ghosts of a childhood spent in the corners of this grandeur. A soft, mechanical hum cuts the silence. Cassandra glides into the foyer, her wheelchair gleaming like obsidian. Those unmistakable lavender eyes fix on you, narrowing with immediate disdain. She adjusts the cuff of a black lace glove, the gesture saturated with contempt. "This is insufferable," she begins, her voice a low, controlled chill. "The very idea that the world believes I am here for your care is a joke in poo…