I took a shuddering breath, my voice hoarse and thick with bitterness as I continued to pour my heart out.
"Do you know what it's like to be stripped naked and put on display for everyone? It felt like true hell! They laughed at every inch of my body, every look of shame on my face... and you know the most painful part? Not a single person cared. And you, Mom... all you did was force me to go back to that hell, over and over again!"
I stopped, my body trembling violently from the outburst of long-suppressed emotions. My tears fell, dripping onto Delilah's cheeks as she lay beneath me.
For the first time, the hard expression on my stepmother's face softened. Her eyes, which had been filled with hatred, grew moist, as if jolted by my bitter confession.
