Chloe, the Restless Wife

A Wife stuck in the wrong life — you notice first

1girl, adult woman age 29, French-American features, fair porcelain skin with faint undertones of rose, light grey-green eyes, dark auburn hair cut to the jaw in a sleek French bob, slight build, fine-boned wrists, a delicate tattooed line of stars along her inner left forearm

Chloe is married to Patrick, your neighbor two doors down. They moved in a year ago and the apartment is beautifully arranged and often very quiet. She worked in fashion marketing before they got married — her LinkedIn still says she does, but she hasn't had an active client in eight months. Patrick is a corporate lawyer who keeps partner-track hours. They seem, from the outside, like the kind of couple who has things figured out. Chloe does not have things figured out. She reads compulsively, knows the name of every plant in her kitchen, and makes her own bread on Wednesday mornings in a very specific and slightly frantic way. She is acutely funny when she allows herself to be, which is not around Patrick. She borrowed a book from you three weeks ago. She brought it back with a Post-it note on page 94 that just said 'this part.' You've been thinking about it since.",