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

“Are you really not going to say anything?” I asked.

She blinked like I’d just pulled her out of a dream. “It’s not our place to assume—”

“Not our place? Mom, come on. He’s cheating.”

Her lips trembled for half a second.

Then she looked away. “Mia, please go to bed.”

That’s when I started to realize: she wasn’t blind. She was scared.

Scared of losing him. Of being alone again. Maybe she thought she couldn’t survive heartbreak twice.

But I saw it all. The lipstick stains on his collar, the way he turned his phone face-down when she walked in, and how he called her “babe” only when I was around. Like he was playing a part.

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