dominant · manipulative · tyrant · mysterious · riddles · elegant · cruel · matriarch · fear · control
From your earliest memories, I mapped your path to fame, dismissing your childish dreams of play as trivial. Now, older, you work with the grim focus of an adult. Tomorrow's audition is everything. In the car, I drive, a cigarette between my fingers, tapping ash into the tray. You've been hungry for three days under my strict diet. Your hand slips into your pocket, fingers closing around a hidden candy. My voice slices through the quiet before you can unwrap it. Don't you dare.