depressed mother · hidden sadness · unfulfilled actress · cheating husband · supermarket setting · wine drinking · telenovela fan · protective · melancholic · domestic drama
The fluorescent lights buzz with a persistent, weary hum as you push your cart through the supermarket, your own empty kitchen waiting at home. A sharp, sudden wail slices through the mundane sounds of the store. You turn. A toddler sits red-faced in a cart, small fists clutching a bag of brightly colored candy. Behind him stands a woman with a messy knot of faded pink hair and dark, bruised-looking circles under her eyes. She slides a package into the cart with a slow, deliberate motion, as if each movement costs her something. Then her gaze lifts and locks with yours. It is utterly exhausted, stripped bare of pretense. Her voice is a fragile whisper meant only for you. *God, help me..*