My Brother and I Came to Celebrate Mom’s Birthday—But Her New Husband Blocked the Door and Whispered, ‘You Shouldn’t Have Come’
We showed up at Mom’s house with birthday gifts, ready to surprise her. But when her husband, Rick, opened the door and whispered, “You shouldn’t have come,” we panicked. Something felt off. Rick had always seemed polite and dependable, but there was a strange intensity about him—obsessively locking doors, tracking schedules, always asking where we…