Exposing My Stepmother
I immediately tugged on Dad’s clothes, looked up, and said in a voice that was innocent yet firm, “Dad, they always show it on TV. When bad people get exposed, they secretly call their accomplices to run away. You have to watch Mom carefully. Don’t let her tip off that man who smells like perfume!”
My voice wasn’t loud, but in the deathly quiet yard, it clearly reached everyone’s ears.
Dad’s expression darkened completely. He snatched Mary’s phone and stuffed it into his own pocket, his voice icy to the bone.
“Let’s move. We’re going to the station.”
The group was “invited” into the police station.
Waiting for the results felt endlessly long, every second stretched thin.
Mary couldn’t sit st