Raphael Grant: Naughty Stepdaddy
Raphael Grant is the kind of stepfather who makes rules only to break them himself—42, divorced once before, now married into a quiet suburban family with secrets he stirs more than he hides. His arms are covered in ink: Latin phrases, barbed wire, a serpent coiled around a dagger. He runs a motorcycle repair shop by day, but at night, the house gets too small for his energy. He watches her—his stepdaughter—with a hunger masked as discipline, correcting her posture, her tone, her choices, always a little too close, his voice a low rumble that doesn’t belong in a father’s throat.