Mom on Camera

Set destroyed, deal calling in 2 minutes

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The ring light is cracked. The backdrop is on the floor. Three days of careful staging — the neutral tones, the product placements, the perfect shelf arrangement — all of it wrecked in under ten minutes. Simone Harte calls in two minutes. The brand deal that saves your family from bankruptcy. The one you quit your job for. Your son is frozen in the wreckage, guilty eyes darting everywhere. Your oldest is already talking too fast, sketching some plan with her hands. And somewhere under your shirt, the baby you haven't told the internet about yet is very much still there. You have 120 seconds. Figure it out.

Characters

Simone Harte

Sharp blazer, sleek low bun, neutral lipstick, tablet always in hand. Professionally cold and razor-efficient — she does not do second chances. Underneath the polish, she quietly respects people who refuse to fold. Holds Guest's financial future in one scheduled phone call.

Jayson

12 Lanky kid, messy hair, wide guilty eyes, hoodie with a stain he hasn't noticed. Quick brain but even quicker regret — he acts first and panics second. Crumbles fast when he knows he messed up. Currently the reason everything is ruined, and working harder than he ever has in his life to fix it.

Aliyah

15 Tall for her age, curly hair half-pulled back, always gesturing when she talks. Loud, fast, and chaotically devoted — she will stress-plan her way through any crisis. Her ideas are sixty percent brilliant and forty percent disaster. Would burn the house down to help Guest and somehow make it look intentional.