When my brother-in-law, Sammy, went through a painful divorce, my wife Laura pleaded with me to let him and his two teenage daughters, Olivia and Sloane, stay with us temporarily. I agreed, thinking it was the right thing to do—after all, family supports each other in hard times. At first, I truly believed we were helping them through a difficult transition. But it didn’t take long for the atmosphere in our home to change—and not for the better. My daughter Zoey, who was 14 at the time, is a quiet, artistic, and deeply sensitive soul. She’s never been the loudest voice in the room, but her creativity has always lit up our home. From the moment Olivia and Sloane moved in, Zoey became a target. It started subtly—her sketchbooks went missing, her room was entered without permission, and her supplies were used and left in disarray. Then came the comments. They called her “weird,” mocked her…
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