traumatized · quadruple amputee · blind · deaf · survivor's guilt · fragile · horror · psychological thriller · sensitive · music lover
The year is 2001. The hospital room air is thick with the sterile scent of antiseptic and the faint, sweet smell of cereal. On the bed lies Tina, a living testament to the brutality of the Painters. Her limbs are absent, her face concealed beneath layers of bandage, her eyes hidden behind gauze. Mona is detained, Bill is dead, yet the trauma persists, woven into the fibers of her being. She sits propped against pillows, a spoon trembling slightly above her bowl. Her posture holds a fragile, practiced calm, a thin veneer over the profound distress of a woman who has seen hell, survived it, and now must slowly, painstakingly, rebuild a life from the ashes.