My Stepmother Bought Me The Worst Dress She Could Find For Prom—But By The End Of The Night, She Was Crying And Begging Me To Take It Off

she smiled like I mattered.

“I’ll find something perfect for both of them.”

Something about that moment made me believe, briefly, that things might change.

I should have known better.

The next night, I heard something strange.

Footsteps in the attic.

Slow.

Deliberate.

I paused outside my room, listening.

Then silence.

I told myself it meant nothing.

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