01/05/2026
I 39m got married to my wife Sarah three years ago, my stepdaughter Audery 14F used to have a good relationship with me, but sometimes when she gets upset she says some pretty harsh stuff, and lately she's been acting out and would literally yell at me for just asking “how are things?". My wife says I should take a step back and let her have some space, Which what I been doing for the past two months. Yesterday, while my wife was at the stores and I was watching the news, I saw my stepdaughter walking out of my bedroom, I thought nothing of it, she's usually there for a pack of tissues/her mother's laptop and other stuff. We finished dinner, and before I went to bed, I went to check my closet and found that there was money missing, 200$ to be exact, I was keeping the cash to give it to my brother the next day to help pay for his wife's hospital bill. I was confused, I asked my wife if she went shopping with my money and she said no, I gotta say I had suspecions but didn't want to jump to conclusions. The next day, my stepdaughter came home with shopping bags and looked delighted, I asked her where she was, she said at the mall, I asked where she got the money, she said that her mom gave her money, I asked her how much but she got mad and told me off, said I was being a jerk and that I ruined her mood. I was pi**ed, so damn pi**ed because that was the money I was supposed to help my brother out with, I waited til my wife got home, and I told her what happened, my wife started begging me...