My stepdad's fantasy
The night before Emma’s first day of school, I barely slept I lay in bed staring at the ceiling while Julian breathed steady beside me, one arm thrown across my stomach like an anchor , every time I closed my eyes I saw flashes of the old house the hidden cameras, the blackmail videos, the desperate escape with baby Sofia in my arms now here we were, years later, about to send the little girl Julian’s ex had used as a weapon into the world like it was the most normal thing in the world,Emma had come into our lives through pain Julian’s ex had shown up one day with the quiet, wide eyed child, trying to use her as leverage for money and revenge and when the plan fell apart and the woman abando