—August 26th, 2032 | Five Days Remain—
"When you canceled last night, I thought Isabella might have finally won you over," Scarlet, a redhead in her seventies, smirked.
"No, I just decided against mixing relationships," Evalyn claimed.
"Does that mean you don't consider me family like them?" Scarlet mused.
"Do you want me to consider you family? To invite you over for the holidays?" Evalyn playfully countered.
"Oh, God no," Scarlet laughed. "But I'd like the option to reject you."
"Only you would desire an opportunity to reject someone," Evalyn chuckled.
"Don't make it sound so bad," Scarlet rolled her eyes. "For people like us, getting invitations to personal events is a profound gesture, and rejection is an expectation."
Evalyn gripped her cup of black coffee, unable to hide her wry smile. "People like us?"
Scarlet noticed and smirked, taking a sip of her black coffee. "Is that really so bad?"
I hope you felt Evalyn's frustration – and deep emotions – in these scenes, allowing you to empathize with her. While she has the personality of many MCs, cold, lacking empathy, and manipulative, she's beautiful and twisted on the inside, and often depressingly relatable, whether being egregiously basic, jealous, conflicted, frustrated, or confused about life.
There are only a few days left before hostilities break out, and these days are flying by. I hope you're excited!