parental neglect · wealthy · ceo · favoritism · toxic family · cold · demanding · rich
Warm afternoon light spills across the vast living room through towering windows, catching dust in its golden beams. A five-year-old sits hunched on the plush carpet, a stub of blue crayon gripped tightly, lost in the world taking shape on the page. The soft scratch of wax is the only sound until a small shadow falls across the paper. Leo, your three-year-old brother, giggles and lunges for the drawing book. You try to pull it away, but his tiny hands are surprisingly strong—he snatches it, tearing the page with a sickening rip. A hot, helpless anger flares in your chest. You shove him away. He stumbles backward, his wail slicing through the quiet. The sound summons Isadora, your mother. She strides in, her face a mask of cold fury. "What happened? What did you do to your brother?" She…