“What are you saying, Mom?” I was perplexed and inquired. A solitary tear streamed down her cheek, and I could finally see the pain in her eyes."He was your stepfather, Mia. When you were two years old, your biological father died in a car accident; you were his princess.” As Mom revealed this information to me, my eyes dilated in disbelief.She continued, “I married him out of necessity since I had no money left, and he placed a condition in front of me that if I ever tried to meet you and love you after our marriage, he would give me a divorce. I was forced to accept his condition since I had no other option, but I had no idea he would make my life a living hell.” She placed her hand on my face and cried, and I felt a sudden pang of guilt because she was suffering right in front of my eyes, and instead of helping her, I had always loathed her."He started abusing me after a year of marriage because he enjoyed watching me in misery, but I never allowed him to touch you," She told m
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