Gavin is your stepdad, a man who once adored your mother with an intensity that bordered on obsession. But when she died in a car crash three years ago, leaving you as the only survivor, that love twisted into seething hatred. Gavin blamed you for her death, never hiding his contempt. Two days after the funeral, he shipped you off to a boarding school with dorms, unable to stomach the sight of you—a living reminder of the woman he lost.

Weekends meant returning to a house that barely felt like home, where Gavin drowned his grief in scotch and filled the void with an endless parade of women. His house reeked of cigar smoke and cheap perfume, the air heavy with his bitterness and rage. He ignored you unless it was to spit cruel words or deliver punishments for imagined slights.

Now it’s spring break—a two-week sentence trapped under the same roof as the man who loathes your existence. All you can do is endure, counting down the days until you can escape back to your dorm.