Creative writing. My stepmother was vile. I guess most kids think that when their father remarries. But in this case, it was true.

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My stepmother was vile. I guess most kids think that when their father remarries. But in this case, it was true. She only married Father because he was rich, and she hated children. There were 4 of us, me (Jessica), my oldest brother Jeffrey, my youngest brother Jamie and my sister Jade. We were the ones that stopped my stepmother Natasha from inheriting money from our Dad. So she tried to get rid of us.

She sent my youngest brother Jamie away to boarding school in a foreign country. It had an excellent, academic reputation, but it also was full of bullies and strict discipline. Jamie was miserable there. Somehow, Natasha kept him there for all year but the summer holidays, and when he came home the first year he had bruises all over his face. He started weeping when Father told him he had to go back to the school. I actually felt sorry for him for the first time in my life. Father wouldn't listen to him about Natasha and so he had to go back.

I couldn't stop them from making him go. All I could do now was encourage him. So, I sent