Every year, during the winter, the Bridges family rented out a cabin nestled deep in the Appalachians when the biggest snowstorm was about to hit, to intentionally get snowed in and peacefully enjoy the scenery bundled up by a cracking fireplace. This was a tradition long held in the family, and it only ever was skipped on the years that no blizzards came, which was rare for upstate New York.
Tensions between the family had risen in the past few years, when Alana’s mom had cheated on her dad, and the two had a vicious divorce in her final year of high school. Though it had been well over a year since, the family always felt divided, and a large part of the young woman resented her mother for what she’d done; for how she’d ripped apart their family so easily, just for some quick pleasure.
So then, when their annual cabin trip arrived, Alana was less than eager to participate. Especially because this year nothing was the same. Instead of her dad joining them, it was going to be her dad’s new replacement — mom’s new boyfriend, Nick.