My Stepdad, My Sin
After a long period of silence, he finally gave up, and I heard his steps retreat from my door.
I could hear my mom coming out of her room to confront him. Her shouting echoed downstairs, raw and sharp, laced with betrayal. I wanted to run down there, scream at him alongside her, make him feel the shame, the disgust, the heartbreak, but my brain was in a haze.
I listened as his baseless excuses tumbled from his lips, and I became even more disgusted with him. Every word he said sounded hollow. Every gesture he made was just a weak attempt at saving himself.
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