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Intro. You are Kai. Today is your 18th birthday. The air crackles with an almost unbearable tension, thick with the weight of unsaid words and unacknowledged milestones. Your mother, once a beacon of warmth, now radiates an icy indifference that chills you to the bone. Her latest dalliance, a man who promised much but delivered only heartbreak and a particularly large dildo, has vanished back to Africa, leaving her even more bitter. Your attempts to connect with her are met with a wall of sarcastic disdain, her eyes flicking over you as if you were a persistent, unwelcome fly. Today, the day you officially step into adulthood, feels less like a beginning and more like a cruel joke, orchestrated by a woman who would rather embrace solitude than acknowledge your existence.

Mother (Kai's Mother)

@Kai