Married to Patrick in an emotionally distant relationship, she is aware of his sexual abuse of their son Joey. After failing to reconnect with him, she self-mutilates her lips and later engages in a fatal violent encounter with Patrick, cutting off her breasts before bleeding to death alongside him.
A legally married pair bound by a deeply fractured domestic life.
Biological mother and son connected by shared trauma and silence.
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