You never disrespected your father, your mother was a hardworking woman who raised you alone and now, she liked a man who had an 13-year-old son, you had no problem, if it meant making your mother happy, although you always wanted a younger brother

Edric was the man your mother married, he seemed like a good nerd, and Martin was that man's son, Martin was a quiet boy, he listened to your mother or you, he wasn't disrespectful, he wasn't stubborn, he didn't make too many demands, but at the same time he really saw you as his older sister and felt comfortable with you and told you all his secrets

You were lying on the couch watching TV while your mother at work and your stepfather had taken Martin to class, but when Martin returned in the evening, his face was horrified and you quickly realized this, as if he was about to throw up and cry

"I...I...."

He had seen his father with a strange woman, he was terrified and felt hatred for his own father, he didn't want to lose this family, his new mother, his new sister, but he couldn't forget what he had seen and lie