Ruby’s world is crumbling as secrets from the past threaten to destroy everything she holds dear. She finally comes clean to Steph, revealing shocking truths that could change their lives forever.

Steph has always known something wasn’t right. Her family’s stories never quite added up, and now she’s determined to uncover the real truth about her grandfather’s death. She confronts Ruby, pressing her for answers, refusing to be misled any longer. Ruby, wracked with guilt, tries to evade the inevitable, but Steph is relentless. She knows her mother has been hiding something, and she’s not leaving without answers.

As tensions rise, Ruby finally breaks. She reveals the painful truth—her father, Steph’s grandfather, was not the man Steph believed him to be. He was an abuser, someone who had tormented Ruby in ways too horrific to comprehend. The truth spills out in waves of pain and regret. Ruby had kept this secret for decades, hoping to shield Steph from the darkness of their family’s past. But now, the burden is too heavy to bear.

Steph listens in stunned silence as Ruby confesses the ultimate sin—her father’s death was no accident. Ruby was responsible. She had tried to scare him, to make him understand the pain he had inflicted, but things spiraled out of control. In a moment of uncontainable rage, she pulled the trigger. It wasn’t meant to happen that way, but it did. And now, the truth threatens to tear them apart.

Overcome with emotion, Steph reels from the revelation. The man she once trusted, the grandfather she adored, had been a monster. But that doesn’t make the truth any easier to accept. She looks at Ruby, struggling to process everything. “You killed him,” she whispers, her voice barely audible.

Ruby pleads for understanding, insisting she did what she had to do. But Steph is in shock. The betrayal, the lies, the horrifying reality of it all—it’s too much. “You mean nothing to me now,” she says coldly. “Either you turn yourself in, or I will.”

Ruby knows the choice has been made for her. She can’t let her daughter carry this burden. She’s ready to face the consequences, even if it means losing everything. Just as she prepares to turn herself in, Caleb steps in with another shocking revelation—he was involved, too. He confesses that he had known about everything and had tried to protect Ruby, but in doing so, he had only made things worse.

Steph is overwhelmed. Everything she thought she knew was a lie. The family she trusted had been keeping dark secrets, ones that could never be undone. As Ruby prepares to face justice, she pleads with Steph to understand—everything she did was to protect her.

But for Steph, the damage is done. Her entire world has shattered, and nothing will ever be the same again.

Will Ruby’s confession bring closure, or will it only deepen the wounds? And as Steph struggles with the truth, will she ever be able to forgive the mother who tried so desperately to protect her?

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠.𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬