My Stepfather Cheated on My Mom, and She Stayed Silent – I Made Him Regret It

“He said I had no proof.”

“You do now.”

She pressed a hand to her mouth. Her body trembled like something inside her had finally cracked. I saw it all in her face: the heartbreak, the shame, and the deep, aching disappointment.

Then I saw something else: fire.

She looked up at Jacob. “Thank you for helping her.”

“You don’t have to thank me,” he said softly. “You’re family.”

Her eyes turned back to me. “You shouldn’t have had to do this. I should’ve—”

“You don’t have to explain,” I said. “I just wanted you to see it. Really see it.”

She nodded slowly, brushing tears from her cheek. “I do now. I really do.”

That night, we waited.

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