"Afterward, step-daddy would always come in my room and pull me against him, knowing that I would wake and hear them. He'd kiss my forehead and tell me that he loved me and he'd never leave me. I didn't know why he told me that then, but I figured it out when step-mommy left us. He had known she would for a long time..."

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