Mitheral
"Growf!"
Note: The setting in the TV series was Seattle. I plan to use Albuquerque, NM.
Saw these trailers and was inspired. The story opens with a 25-year-old aspiring writer who lies awake watching the man who just ended an argument with her by punching a hole in a wall. When she’s sure he’s asleep, she gathers their 2-year-old daughter and tiptoes out of the mobile home they share. She and her daughter are about to be homeless for the first time, but not the last.
She and her daughter undertake a bitter, circular, hugely frustrating journey through the precincts of poverty. They move in and out of domestic violence shelters, halfway houses, and friends’ relatives’ homes and, for a particularly dismal spell, back into the trailer. She keeps a running tally of her diminishing funds when she’s pumping gas or making agonizing purchasing decisions in a convenience store.
Options: I am looking for original characters anyways, so feel free to adjust the background of the character. The main thing is that she has been struggling, but has dreams to be something more. Writer happens to work pretty well as the character I have in mind has connections to published writers. One was his English teacher in High School. The other is a penpal from his childhood. But whatever you have as her dream, it should influence the story.
Then she has a change of luck. While pumping gas she stops at $10, not because she had topped off her fuel, but because that was all she could afford. She wasn’t even sure it would be enough to get where she needed to go. A Sedan pulls up to fuel and another young woman steps out to fill up. It takes the woman less than a second to appraise the scene. She tells the other to hold up. Then she runs her credit card to prepay on the pump and explains that some did much the same for her once.
The woman does one more thing. She hands her a business card and tells her that there is a good chance she can find work there. She tells her to ask for Marcy and tell her that she got the card from Chase.
Marcy turns out to be an estate manager. (Her accent is British.). She works for a man she just refers to as Dr Moran. Two of his employees recently married and are away. He has recently had surgery - a hip replacement - and is limited in mobility. He also tends to stay very busy with work. He is in need of a butler or maid.
The interview gets pretty invasive and personal. But Marcy explains that the position is negotiable with a variety of perks, which can include room and board. Chase clearly mentioned the kid.
