Since I was younger I always did what I could to please my mom but she never changed towards me. Sometimes I had to live all by myself for up to a month. It went on like that while I thought everyday about how to make her happy because she barely smiled around me.

One day she returned and told me we would have a family soon. I was very excited about having a new family, though I thought he would be a single man without any issues.

“Mom, are you finally going to give me a sister?” I asked her excitedly and without replying he she eyes me and...