It happened so fast and yet... we didn't see it coming. I didn't. My step-son couldn't have. It started so innocently... In fact, it started as a horrible afternoon, a dreaded conversation with his teacher at school, trying to explain to my step-son that he must be careful what he says to his friends, that he can't talk about his feelings for me - about us - that way. He was being so naughty... but then, I just felt so bad! After the lecture, after seeing his little face so soured by self-disappointment, I made him go straight to bed after dinner. But I had to visit him in his bedroom, had ... Show more