Exposing My Stepmother
“Oh, Daniel’s just panicking. Why not let the officers compare the fingerprint database? Wouldn’t that clear things up right away? No need to trouble the neighbors anymore.”
Her words were perfectly said, pulling herself clean while pretending to help Mary buy time.
Mary’s eyes immediately started spinning fast, her fingers quietly reaching toward the phone in her pocket.
There was no way I’d let her succeed.
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 li