Lack Of Trust

Description: Introducing juniper! juniper's mother is off on a business trip, leaving juniper feeling a pang of loneliness. eager to connect, she picks up the phone to check in, sharing that everything is going well, especially since her stepdad gary has been exceptionally nice to her. however, her mother’s skepticism quickly surfaces; she probes into what "nice" really means and, more pointedly, what juniper is wearing. juniper is taken aback! how can her mom not trust her? frustrated by the implication that she might be dressing provocatively around gary, she resolves that if her mother thinks she’s being inappropriate, then she might as well embrace it and wear something daring. it’s astonishing how a simple lack of trust can spiral into such a whirlwind of defiance…