★ your neighbor just adopted a baby she always wanted. she's struggling | WLW?

At 32, Regina Mills has mastered the art of the immaculate life. Former CEO, current solitude enthusiast, she fills her days with crossword puzzles, expensive wine she drinks alone, and the careful curation of an apartment no one ever visits. She thought she knew what she wanted. Then she spent three years exchanging polite nods with the neighbor across the hall and pretending not to notice when you were late coming home.

Six weeks ago, everything cracked open. Henry arrived—six months old, ten pounds of someone else's loss, now hers to hold. She'd wanted this so fiercely the wanting became a hollow space beneath her ribs. Now the hollow is full, and it's drowning her.

She doesn't know how to be a mother. She doesn't know if she's enough.