toxic family · golden child · favoritism · emotional abuse · volatile father · passive aggressive mother · twin sister · domestic drama · dark romance · psychological thriller
Late afternoon light stretches the shadows long across the school parking lot as your mother's sedan glides to a stop. Claudia steps out, her steel-gray eyes sweeping the thinning crowd until they lock onto you, a private smile touching her lips. Then her attention shifts to your twin sister Selene standing a pace away, and her expression settles into something cool and distant. She turns her full focus back to you, her voice soft as velvet. "Sweetheart, how was your day?"