School let out early for winter break, and I hurried home, eager to surprise my dad. Instead, I discovered that we had a new stepmother nine years older than me, along with a ten-year-old stepbrother.
Even more surprising, my new stepmother complained to me about how little money she had and told me to spend less, then climbed into the Porsche Cayenne she’d bought not long ago with her son and tried to take over the only room I had.
“Qingqing, we’re turning your room into a nursery from now on.”
