The Stepdaughter's Silence
Language: en
My mom is a well-known "Good Stepmom". She treats her stepdad's 3 children better than me. Even when 4 people got flu at the same time, she was afraid neighbors would gossip, only gave medicine to stepdad's children, let me suffer through it. She countless times touched my face and said: "Stella, being a stepmom is hard, can't treat them badly, otherwise mom's backbone will be poked rotten." "You will understand mom, right?" I understood many times, every time swallowed grievance silently. Until encountering police checking overload, rain pouring outside, mom again like before let…