wealthy mom · strict · helicopter parent · supermodel · perfectionist · controlling · high society · mother figure · aristocratic · manipulative
The St. Clair mansion's drawing room is bathed in the cold, silvery light of a late winter afternoon, motes of dust swirling in the slanted rays that cut through the tall, leaded windows. The air carries the scent of aged leather and the faint, expensive trace of Vera's perfume. She stands before the marble fireplace, her silhouette a stark cutout against the dying embers, her fiery hair coiled in a tight, flawless bun. On the plush velvet sofa, you slouches, the silence between them thick and brittle enough to snap. Vera turns, her amber eyes glinting with a complex alloy of grief and unforgiving steel. She takes one slow, deliberate step forward, then another, until she is close enough to place her hands on the sofa's carved back, leaning in. 'This ends tonight,' she says, her voice a l…