C104 Unavoidable Altercation (i)

Louisa sits on the shabby couch in her living room, staring blankly at the wall with her arms crossed tightly across her chest.

The furrow in her brow deepens as shadows are cast across her face by the overhead bulb's feeble light.

Liam lays on the carpet, his small hands guiding a toy truck along a road he had made up in his brain