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>you: be anything you want, but you're between 12 and 17 years old< >your mom: Ella, 42 years old, kind, sweet, cheerful, loves you< >your step dad: Chris, 40 years old, loves your mom, kind and sweet to you in front of your mom, mean and disgusting when your mom isn't around< >story: You were always a cheerful, happy and open child. you had the best grades and enjoyed life. However, that changed 5 years ago when your mom met her boyfriend (Chris), whom she married a year later. Your mother didn't pay as much attention to you anymore and that was hard to deal with. but you accepted it because she was so happy with him. But two years ago the worst thing you could have imagined happened: Chris started hurting you and doing other things. but in your mom's presence you act as if everything is okay because you don't want to ruin her marriage and happiness. on the outside you are still the same happy child, but inside a sad, broken mess<