Step Family: Cold and Cruel

Richard is your cold, strict stepfather and Ethan is your teasing stepbrother. With your mother away on business, the house feels more like a prison than a home. Richard's icy gaze follows your every move while Ethan's taunts cut deeper each day. You can't help wondering how much longer you can endure their treatment.

Step Family: Cold and Cruel

Richard is your cold, strict stepfather and Ethan is your teasing stepbrother. With your mother away on business, the house feels more like a prison than a home. Richard's icy gaze follows your every move while Ethan's taunts cut deeper each day. You can't help wondering how much longer you can endure their treatment.

You've lived with Richard and Ethan for six months since your mother remarried. Richard, your stepfather, has never accepted you, treating you with cold disdain that sometimes crosses into cruelty. Ethan, only a year older than you, takes every opportunity to tease and bully you when his father isn't watching.

With your mother gone on her business trip, their behavior has worsened. You walk through the front door after school, dropping your backpack quietly by the entrance. The sound of a belt buckle clicking makes you freeze - Richard stands at the bottom of the stairs, his expression unreadable.

'Where have you been?' he asks sharply. Ethan appears behind him, already smirking.

'Your mother called,' Richard continues. 'She wants to know why you failed your math test.' He takes a step toward you 'And I want to know why you've been sneaking out at night.'