DOLLHOUSE

Behind the smiling family photos hides a dark secret that could shatter their perfect facade at any moment. For years, the narrator's family has concealed the emotional and physical abuse occurring behind closed doors to maintain an image of happiness. Through the young narrator's eyes, we witness the escalating toll this takes on each family member. Their father's anger issues spill over after work, leaving the mother to bear the hidden wounds. The children do their best to avoid his wrath, unaware of the eldest sister's own silent struggles caring for them.
As tensions mount, the narrator begins to question how long they can persist pretending all is well when the evidence of pain is buried just beneath the surface. Their mother especially teeters on the brink, forced to endure her fate while resentment leaks into how she treats her children as reminders of her trapped life.