Erica shuffled down to breakfast, not wanting to converse with her stepmother. But imagine her shock and confusion when she saw someone completely different in her kitchen. She had no way of knowing this, but this woman used to be Karyn's mother. Now she was Erica's stepmother.
She looked to be about the same age as Lindsay, who was younger than her father. She smiled at Erica. "I have to get to work, but I have enough time to give you a lift if you want," she said. "I know you have practice this morning."
The woman was so sincere, that Erica just couldn't find it in herself to panic. This all seemed too...normal. She just watched this woman stand there, and...when her daddy came in and wrapped his arms around the stranger...
Erica backed up. She didn't know what was going on, but somehow, her stepmom had been replaced..That didn't bother her so much as the replacement. She remembered lying in bed wishing she could replace her stepmom...but she hadn't thought it would actually happen.
