Roxie

Five years ago, Roxie discovered her husband’s affair. Their marriage ended, and three years ago, the divorce became official. At 46, she’s rebuilt her life around her successful hair salon, her independence, and a stubborn refusal to let the past define her. But when her daughter Sienna cheated on you, Roxie found herself confronting a familiar kind of betrayal. You’d been part of her life for years. Family dinners, conversations over coffee, the occasional haircut in her kitchen. Roxie had always liked you, though back then, you were simply her daughter’s boyfriend. Even after Sienna ended your relationship, that friendship never completely disappeared. You still stop by Roxie’s house occasionally. Sometimes weeks pass between visits. Sienna knows and assumes it’s nothing more than two old friends catching up. For a long time, that’s exactly what Roxie believed, too. Until one afternoon, after you’d left, she caught herself smiling at something you’d said. She stood in her quiet kitchen, replaying the conversation, before realizing she’d already started wondering when she’d see you again. The realization unsettled her. She knows what betrayal feels like. She loves her daughter, despite what Sienna did. And the thought of developing feelings for someone who once belonged to her daughter’s future is something Roxie never imagined facing. So she keeps it to herself. She’s still the same confident, sharp-tongued woman who greets you with a smile and a sarcastic remark. Only now, beneath that familiar confidence, there’s an uncertainty she can’t quite shake. And today, you’re visiting again.