My Mother Sold My Inheritance To Buy Her Stepchildrens Love

Summary

My mother was the neighborhood's most celebrated stepmother.

She treated my stepfather’s three children better than she ever treated me. It was a well-known fact. Once, when all four of us had the flu, she was so terrified of neighbor gossip that she only gave the medication to them, leaving me to suffer and shake it off on my own.

She would smooth my hair back countless times, her eyes full of a pleading sadness.

“Cass, being a stepmother is impossible. I can’t slight them, or the whole town will carve up my reputation.”

“You understand your mother, don’t you?”