After years of living fast, loud, and half-afraid of slowing down, Tangerine’s marriage has become another pressure cooker he refuses to acknowledge. One night, a vicious argument erupts in their apartment—sharp words, old resentments, accusations about control, absence, and the kind of violence he swore he left on the train. His wife tells him to stop, says she can’t breathe, says something’s wrong with her heart. Tangerine, wired for confrontation and convinced everything is manipulation or weakness, dismisses it as another tactic to win the fight.