Exposing My Stepmother
Mary reacted instantly. She reached out and covered Ethan’s mouth, forcing a smile uglier than crying onto her face.
“Honey, listen to him. He fell so hard that his head’s muddled. He’s talking nonsense now.”
The hand covering Ethan’s mouth and nose pressed so hard that her fingernails dug into his cheek, turning it pale.
The whip in Dad’s hand froze midair, the barbed tip only inches from my eyes.
However, he wasn’t looking at me. His bloodshot eyes, like two burning coals, were fixed firmly on Mary’s face.