11/04/2025
Dad remarried only six months after Mom’s funeral. His new wife is Monica. I’m 30 and live on my own, but my younger sister, Emma, 16, still stays with Dad.
From day one, Monica treated Mom’s memory as though it were a burden. Family portraits vanished, and every picture of Mom was shoved into boxes and left in Emma’s room.
Just a month into the marriage, Monica wrinkled her nose and declared:
“Ugh… these photos are just depressing.”
Emma confided in me quietly one evening:
“It feels like Mom never even existed. I don’t belong here anymore.”
Not long after, there was big news—Monica was expecting twins. Dad was overjoyed, but Emma said very little at dinner. Later, she admitted to me she cried herself to sleep.
Then yesterday, things went too far.
Emma had spent the weekend quietly reading while Dad and Monica were away. But they came back earlier than expected.
The moment Monica walked in, she sniffed the air and remarked:
“Why is it so gloomy in here? Did she even bother opening a window?”
Without hesitation, she stormed into Emma’s room.
“You’re still here?”
Emma, bewildered, replied, “Where else would I go?”
Monica shot back, “We need this space. You’re taking up an entire room, and I’m carrying twins. All your junk—your journals, your art supplies, those dusty boxes of your mother’s—they have to go.”
Emma, her voice breaking, said: “That’s not junk. That’s my life.”
Monica responded coldly: “It was your life. Now it’s about my family.”
Then she yelled for Dad.
“Derek! Tell your daughter she needs to move out!”
Dad barely looked up.
“Maybe it’s for the best, Em. Just until things settle down.”
That night, Emma called me, her voice shaking with tears.
“She kicked me out. Said I wasn’t a priority. Dad just stood there.”
I gripped the laundry basket in my hands, my chest tight.
“Where are you now?”
“At Auntie’s. I didn’t know where else to go.”
My heart pounded. My little sister, still grieving, had just been thrown out of her own home.
“I’ll handle it,” I promised her.
The next morning, I drove back to the house—our old home, where Mom’s laughter once filled every corner. Now it reeked of citrus cleaner and entitlement. I stepped inside.
Nothing looked the same. The cozy throws were gone, the walls stripped of our family photos, replaced by bland, generic art.
In the kitchen, Monica sat in silk pajamas, calmly spooning yogurt. She didn’t flinch when she saw me.
“Well, well,” she said with a smirk. “Look who decided to show up.”
I locked eyes with her, my voice icy.
“I’m here to pack.”
Her lips curled into a satisfied smile.
“Perfect. You can box up Emma’s things for your aunt’s place. She left plenty behind.”
I forced a tight smile of my own. ⬇️ Read more in Comment or Most relevant -> All comments 👇