MY FATHER MARRIED MY MOTHER’S BEST FRIEND—THEN I DISCOVERED HER SECRET
PART 1 — THE WOMAN I HATED FOR TEN YEARS
Seven months after my mother died, my father married her best friend.
And at fifteen years old, I decided that day was the day I lost both my parents.
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I was still sleeping with my mother’s favorite blue sweater tucked beneath my pillow when Dad sat me down at our kitchen table and delivered the news that would change my life forever.
“Emily, there’s something we need to talk about.”
Rebecca sat beside him, twisting her wedding ring around her finger even though she wasn’t wearing one yet.
She had been my mother’s closest friend for as long as I could remember. She came to our house for holidays, celebrated birthdays with us, and sometimes stayed overnight when Mom was sick.
I had always called her Aunt Rebecca.