At 3 a.m., my stepmother and stepsisters stole my credit card and spent $100,000 on a luxury trip—returning home smug and unaware the card they used wasn’t what they thought it was.

me?”

His expression tightened.

“I protected you.”

“No,” I said, my voice rising. “You watched.”

Silence.

“You watched me live in this house with them. You watched Vanessa humiliate me. You watched my father treat me like a bill he regretted paying. You watched Madison and Chloe take whatever they wanted because they knew no one would stop them.”

Thomas looked continue reading …