Richard believed he was fulfilling his duty as a good parent by welcoming his pregnant stepdaughter into his home, where he lived with his biological daughter, another stepchild, and his wife. However, he was unaware that this decision would compel him to defend his daughter in ways he’d never anticipated. To provide some background, I, Richard, became a widower and was already the father of a teenage daughter, Amy, now 14. I remarried five years ago to Beth,

who entered our relationship with two daughters, my stepdaughters: Chelsea and Jess.Chelsea, who is an adult, while her younger sister is also a teenager, recently ended her engagement with her fiancé, Tom, while heavily pregnant, and she’s moving in with me, Amy, Jess, and her mother, for a short time. Little did I know that having my two stepdaughters living with us would turn into a nightmare.Now, I am very protective of my daughter because I feel like, as the last biological parent she has,

I have to do the best I can to give her a good start in life. However, her stepsisters are causing havoc for her. At times, the pair have even used my daughter’s personal items without asking and left them damaged, or they’d lose the items. I’ve often spoken up, protecting my daughter, but Beth would step in, claiming I was playing favorites, and she and her daughters end up ganging up on me and Amy. Chelsea has been mentioning wanting more space due to her pregnancy and desire to have more room for her upcoming child, saying to Beth and me: “I need a bigger space for your grandchild. We can’t both be cramped up with Jess in her tiny room. Amy’s is much larger and will do perfectly as my room and a nursery.” Of course,