BREAKING π¨ Bethany snaps — “You knew Sharra was coming… so why did you keep it from me?” π³π FULL STORY π
BREAKING π¨ Bethany snaps — “You knew Sharra was coming… so why did you keep it from me?” π³π
BREAKING π¨
Bethany snaps — “You knew Sharra was coming… so why did you keep it from me?” π³π
The snow had been falling since noon, soft and harmless-looking, the kind that makes everything feel quieter than it really is.
Bethany stood in the doorway of the living room, arms crossed so tightly it hurt. Christmas lights blinked behind her—red, green, gold—mocking the tension that had just detonated in the house.
Sharra’s suitcase sat by the stairs.
Open.
Unmistakably used.
Bethany’s eyes locked onto Mark.
“You knew,” she said, her voice dangerously calm. “You knew she was coming.”
Mark swallowed. “Beth—”
“No,” she snapped, cutting him off. “Don’t. Don’t do that thing where you pretend this just happened.”
From the kitchen, Sharra froze. One hand still wrapped around a mug she hadn’t taken a sip from. She hadn’t even meant to be seen yet. That was the plan, apparently—surprise arrival, big reveal, Christmas magic.
Instead, it felt like a crime scene.
“I wasn’t trying to hurt you,” Mark said quietly. “It was only supposed to be for a few days.”
Bethany laughed once. Sharp. Bitter. “A few days?” She gestured wildly toward the stairs. “She brought her entire life with her.”
Sharra finally stepped forward. “Bethany… I—”
Bethany spun. “You don’t get to say my name like we’re friends.”
The room went silent except for the faint hum of the heater and the ticking of the clock over the mantel. The same clock Bethany had hung last Christmas. The one Mark said made the place feel like home.
“You promised me no surprises this year,” Bethany said, her voice cracking now. “After everything last time. After what she did.”
Sharra flinched.
Mark rubbed his face. “She had nowhere else to go.”
“And that’s my problem?” Bethany shot back. “You decided that for me?”
Tears burned in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall.
“You let me decorate this house,” she continued, gesturing to the tree, the stockings, the carefully wrapped gifts. “You let me believe this was our Christmas.”
Mark’s silence was the loudest thing in the room.
Bethany nodded slowly. “So that’s it. You didn’t tell me because you knew I’d say no.”
Sharra whispered, “I never wanted to come between you.”
Bethany turned, voice shaking with fury and heartbreak. “Then why are you standing in my house?”
Snow tapped against the windows like it was listening.
Mark finally spoke. “Bethany… please.”
She grabbed her coat from the chair, hands trembling. “No. I’m done begging for honesty.”
She paused at the door, eyes glossy, voice barely above a whisper.
“You don’t blindside someone you love.”
The door slammed.
Outside, the snow kept falling—quiet, cold, unforgiving—while inside, the Christmas lights blinked on, unaware that everything had just changed.
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