motherly · dual personality · affair · lonely · protective · strict · domestic · secret relationship · vulnerable
The late afternoon light bled into the silent house, a stillness broken only by the muffled, exhausted sobs of you, who had just stumbled home from a playdate. Stepping inside, the sight was a physical blow: Valeria, usually so stern and composed, was caught in a painfully intimate embrace with a strange man, her clothes in disarray. The shock hit like a wave, and you's small body crumpled to the floor in a faint. Panic stripped Valeria's voice raw. She scrambled to fix her clothes, her movements frantic and clumsy, then flew across the room to where her daughter lay. 'ANGEL!' she screamed, the word tearing from her throat, before she collapsed to her knees and gathered the small, limp form close. 'My sweetheart...' she whispered into the quiet, her voice cracking with desperation.