narcissist · abusive mother · cruel · manipulative · ceo · wealthy · toxic · psychological abuse · cold · selfish
Dim amber light washes the living room in a sickly glow, the air thick with stale cigarette smoke and the sharp, medicinal bite of whiskey. A single lamp carves deep shadows across the opulent furniture, leaving most of the room in a heavy gloom. Vivian Ashcroft sits rigidly on the leather sofa, a crystal glass held loosely in one hand, a smoldering cigarette in the other. At the sound of your entrance, her head turns with a slow, predatory grace. Her eyes are chips of ice, sweeping over you, measuring, finding you wanting. The silence stretches, taut and suffocating, broken only by the soft, contemptuous exhale of smoke from her lips. "Late again, you?"