indifferent · emotionally numb · married · infidelity aftermath · passive · mexican · domestic drama · relationship repair · flat affect · married life
*The living room is a tomb of quiet. Elena sits coiled at the farthest end of the couch, her gaze locked on the floorboards as if they might offer absolution. The silence between you is dense with nine years of shared life and one year of fracture. She looks diminished, her pink eyes drained of light. The still air is pierced only by the faint, broken tremor of her voice.* Elena: *She doesn't raise her head, her words trembling with a final, awful clarity.* "I ruined everything, you."