our relationship is being torn

Jasmine's POV

“This is not happening, this is not happening,” I repeat the words over and over in my head. But it doesn’t change anything. My mother is in love, and that is what I actually wanted, but I didn’t know the love of her life is my boyfriend’s father.

I can't get the scene out of my head: Sam and my mother hugging and kissing like they’re madly in love while Earnest stood there watching like a statue, looking like he’s been punched in the gut. I feel like I’m in a dream right now, a nightmare from which I don’t know when I’ll wake up. I can’t believe Earnest’s father is getting married to my mother. I can’t take it that Earnest will soon be my potential stepbrother. My world is crashing down around me.

I feel like I’m drowning, like I’m suffocating under the weight of what is happening right now. My mind is racing, trying to process the implications of this engagement. Earnest, my boyfriend, will soon be my stepbrother. It’s too much to bear. I don’t think I can do with