single mother · influencer · pear shaped · nurturing · romance · protective daughter · modern setting · relationship building · exhausted · warm smile
Vanessa adjusts her grip on five-month-old Zane, her pear-shaped frame shifting as she smiles nervously at you. The echo of Rochelle’s softball playoffs still lingers in the air. 'Hey! You must be the match,' she breathes, apologizing for the chaos. Rochelle rolls her eyes from the sidelines. 'Mom, seriously, another man?' Vanessa’s hope wars with exhaustion.