Reddit Stories - Sibling ABANDONED her CHILDREN on my porch and VANISHED for a couple of

Episode Date: February 1, 2026

#redditstories #askreddit #aita #siblings #abandonment #familydrama #childwelfare #unexpectedvisitorsSummary: A sibling unexpectedly abandoned her children on my porch, leaving them in my care while she vanished for an extended period. This situation raised numerous concerns about her well-being and the children's safety, prompting me to question my responsibilities and the appropriate actions to take in this distressing scenario.Tags: redditstories, askreddit, reddit, aita, tifu, family, parenting, childabandonment, siblingrivalry, drama, relationships, emotionalimpact, communitysupport, legalissues, personalstories, lifeadvice, moraldilemmas, familydynamics, unexpectedchallenges, caregivingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reddit-stories--6816713/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Episode with two stories, first part. I hope you enjoy this story. Sibling abandoned her children on my porch and vanished for a couple of days. I was away on a trip and had no idea until she reappeared blaming me for misplacing them. Hello, everyone. I, 28F, have an older sister Jackie, 32F, who has two kids, an older son and a younger daughter. Her son is 14 and her daughter just turned 12 a couple of weeks ago. Their father is not in the picture anymore and my sister's a single mother.

I wouldn't say that Jackie and I are close but we're okay. We aren't our enemies either, like some other siblings here. I guess you could say that we're just indifferent to each other. Now about six hours ago, Jackie turned up at my house and asked me where her kids were. I had no idea what she was talking about because I hadn't even been at home for the past four days. I'd been away on a beach trip with my boyfriend, so I didn't understand what she was referring to. She told me that she dropped off her kids at my house two days ago and told them to ring the doorbell so I could take them in while she ran some errands.

She told me that she'd texted me about it, but I didn't recall receiving any text of the sort and even showed her proof of it on my phone. But while going through my phone, she was able to discover the text that she'd sent before she dropped her kids off and I'd somehow missed it. probably because I was on vacation and wasn't checking my phone often. She started to panic and accused me of being careless because now neither of us knew the whereabouts of her kids. She told me that apparently, she'd driven away before she saw that her kids were safely

inside the house because she was counting on me to take them in. She told me that she had gotten into some legal trouble that she didn't want to speak about and that's why she'd been missing for two days. But now that she was back, she wanted her kids and she wanted them now. I didn't know what to do, so I suggested that she go to the police or something because I literally had no clue where the kids could be. They didn't even have their phones on them, so there was no way we could get through to them. Jackie didn't want to go to the cops because she'd just finished dealing with a lot over the last

two days and the police's involvement was the last thing she needed. She turned my house upside down and accused me of being selfish and not thinking about my niece and nephew. She said that she'd been counting on me to help her out in this tough spot, but I'd let her down. She left in tears and said that she was going to knock on every relative's door until she was able to find her kids. I feel like a total idiot right now, even though I don't understand how this is my fault. I'd offer missing a text from my sister where she told me to take her kids in because I was on vacation.

Update 1. Okay, folks. It's been four days and I finally have good news. I've been in touch with Jackie because I really felt guilty about not noticing that text. even though it wasn't my fault. Today, she told me that her kids had somehow managed to find their way to their uncle's house and that's where they had been for the past couple of days. Now this wasn't our cousin but it was Jackie's ex-boyfriend's cousin

and he apparently had still continued to talk to his nephew online because he knew that his mother wouldn't let him stay in touch with him otherwise. I thought it was a little creepy at first but then I realized that this uncle of theirs, Frank, 28M, had practically saved their lives by taking them in, in Jackie's and my absence. Jackie apologized to me for behaving badly the other day and said that it was pretty out of character for her to freak out at people like that. And I agreed because she was usually a pretty level-headed person. She told me that she hadn't slept a wink in the past couple of days because she was so worried about her kids and where they were. I finally asked her why she

hadn't gone to the police and what kind of trouble she had been in exactly before this, which required her to leave her kids behind. So she finally confessed that she'd gone to gather ever against the company that she was currently employed in because she'd heard from a particular source and they were planning to blame her for embezzlement. Since the company was facing a huge financial crisis and they needed someone to shoulder the blame. So upper management had figured that she could take the blame, as she was the head of accounting and had the most access to the company's financial records. She knew that she'd be fired within a few days, so she decided that she would collect all the evidence that she could in her favor from the office. Then she even

went out of town to speak to her ex-boss about this and asked him to be on her side if she needed him to testify against the company during the hearings. That took a couple of days and she really did feel guilty for leaving her kids behind and not even bothering to check if they were doing all right during that time. Because she was just so frustrated with how this situation was turning out, especially since she'd always been an extremely honest employee. She didn't want to go to the cops because that would reflect badly on her and might even end up with her kids being taken away from her, which she didn't want. She broke down and told me that she hadn't even bothered to pack warm clothes for her kids, even though it was pretty cold outside. And she just completely

neglected them because she was facing a crisis. I tried to console her, but I knew that it was pretty messed up to treat your kids like that, no matter what you're going through personally. Jackie and I aren't really in touch with our parents anymore and haven't been for a really long time, so I'm pretty much the only person that she can count on, and I know it's the same for me if it really comes down to it. So we might not be the best of friends, but we always have each other's backs. It's been that way since we were kids and I was disappointed that I couldn't look after her kids this time around. She was really lucky that her son had remembered Frank's address from when they used to talk online. She found out by accident when she logged into her son's Instagram

account and went through his chats. She was so out of it that I didn't even occur to her until she opened her laptop. Her son would occasionally use her laptop to play games or to talk to his friends online. And when she remembered that, she instantly logged in and that's how she was able to discover Frank. That guy didn't have Jackie's number so he wasn't able to contact her when her kids showed up at his house. Frank used to visit a lot before his cousin gave up custody of the kids four years ago and after that, Jackie wanted nothing to do with his family so Frank wasn't able to visit the kids again.

But he was able to reconnect with his nephew online and it was actually surprisingly Jackie's son who tracked his uncle down online and sent him the first text. I guess kids do remember who was there for them the most as kids. So anyway, I'm just glad that Jackie was able to find her kids and I don't have to carry around the guilt of not noticing that text sooner. I just hope that she's able to deal with her baggage better so that her kids don't have to suffer anymore. Update 2. It finally happened. Jackie's company fired her and they're also planning to come after her legally, just like she'd expected. They accused her of embezzlement and said that they would make sure she ended up behind bars. The poor woman is scared beyond words and has been

texting me almost every hour, just so she has somebody to talk to. She does have a lawyer and a pretty good one at that, but even then she's going up against a pretty big four so there's no telling what might happen next. She has asked me and Frank to look after her kids and help her out whenever she needs it because she would hate to end up neglecting her kids like she had the first time around. And both of us obviously said yes to the job, because she's going through a horrible thing right now and needs all the help and compassion that she can get. Update 3, so Jackie and her company's representatives are meeting with a court-appointed mediator today and she left the kids with me. They're quite good kids and it's horrible that their mother has to go through something like

I guess the only silver lining here is that this has really helped Jackie and I bond together. She dropped off the kids at my house last night and I demanded that she stay for dinner because I really didn't want her to leave and face the night before this morning all by herself. After the kids had fallen asleep, Jackie had a total meltdown and told me how she dedicated almost a decade of her life to this company and now they were screwing her over without as much as a second thought. I consoled her through the night and insisted that she spent the night here because I just couldn't let her drive back home in that state. Even when she woke up this morning, she seemed nervous and anxious and I guess it's totally normal for her to feel that way

even if she's innocent. I offered to drive her, but she told me not to because she needed somebody to watch the kids and drop them off at school. I also needed to go to work after I dropped them off at school, so she went on her own. Frank will pick the kids up after school ends and drop them at Jackie's house. It's a pretty neat system that we've worked out and I'm really hoping that we don't have to stick to this for long, that Jackie can resume her normal life soon. I know this isn't the drama-filled update that a lot of people wanted to hear, but I'm really scared for Jackie and I just need a place to vent. So I'm turning to Reddit for help right now. Update 4. I just got to know something insane from Jackie and it finally makes sense why she was

so nervous and jittery before the meeting, even though she hadn't really done anything that she had been accused of. Apparently, Jackie had been in a relationship with one of her subordinates for almost two years before this, and that's what she was really scared of, that her company was going to try and use this against her. And that is exactly what happened. She's even more screwed because, unfortunately, this was not a relationship that HR had been told about. So it was kind of frowned upon. What was even worse was that she was the one who had initiated this relationship, and she hadn't even told her lawyer about it so he was completely blindsided when they brought this up during the meeting. Jackie's boyfriend had pretty much submitted all their texts and

stuff as evidence to the company and stabbed her in the back pretty badly. He called her later on saying that they'd offered him the position that she used to work in for selling her out and he just had no choice. Truth be told, he did have a choice. He just made the one that would benefit him at the cost of his relationship. Jackie came home today and told me all of this and I really gave her an earful. Because this was really irresponsible and stupid of her. Not only was she putting herself in danger by not being completely honest with her lawyer and the people who cared about her, but she was also not even thinking about her kids who were looking forward to having her around all the time again. She was crying yet again, but today, I was just too mad at her to feel

bad about it. I told her that we all deserved better, and so did she, but if she wasn't willing to be honest and transparent, then there was very little the rest of us could do, to help her out. After today's meeting, her lawyer had almost even quit because she hadn't been completely honest with him. I explained to her that this wasn't the time to be thinking about her image and so-called reputation but to be thinking about how she could save herself from landing up behind bars. And for that, if she needed to bring out every single dirty little secret that she had, then she should do that and look out for herself. She seemed to hesitate a little bit, but she did tell me that she'd been considering getting her now ex-boyfriend to tell her why

he'd sold her out on text, so that she would have proof of the company trying to screw her over on purpose. I thought that was a great idea, so I told her to call her ex and get him to tell her how the company had offered him her job in exchange for all the screenshots. So she called him up and then, it was a pretty easy task to get that egoistic idiot to confess on the phone. And we recorded it and sent it to her lawyer immediately. We don't know if it'll be helpful or not, but at least we know that we tried. As for the other proof, the company will literally have nothing on her unless they decide to go ahead and falsify proof against her just to frame her. Luckily, she has all the original documents of their financial records which she'd gathered before she was fired. So they won't

exactly be doing themselves any favors by trying to plant false evidence. The biggest thing that they had against Jackie was her affair with her subordinate, but that's over now. And that's technically not even the point of this lawsuit, so it's not even relevant. It was only just a way to spoil her character. Update 5, so I've been hounded by you guys for almost two weeks now because you want to know what happened between my parents and us. And why don't we speak to them anymore? I was trying not to talk about that because it isn't really relevant to the whole Jackie thing but since you guys have been insisting for days that I tell you so, well, here goes. My parents were both drug addicts who pretty much neglected us our entire childhood and were the worst parents on earth. We lived off

of our neighbors and relatives' kindness and generosity because our parents had taught us not to expect anything from them from a very early age. They were never there for us in any capacity. So of course Jackie and I gave up being fairly independent and didn't rely on anyone because we knew that we couldn't trust them. They kicked us out the second I turned 18 and told us that we could now make a life for ourselves separate from them. Because they were tired of taking care of us, even though they barely ever had two. Neither of us ever knew who our grandparents were, and the only relatives we had were an old aunt on my mother's side and my dad's second cousin who used to live on the same street and helped us out once we got kicked out. He helped us through college,

but then when Jackie graduated, he took up a job out of state and that was the end of our relationship. Since then, it's just been the two of us and we somehow managed to build a life for ourselves away from our horrible parents and crazy past. I think the last time that we even spoke to our parents was about six years ago. My mother had called to inform us that our father had been diagnosed with dementia. She didn't invite us to come home or anything and just told us that she felt like we should know because he kept asking about us. Jackie and I did think about visiting them once but then we forgot about it because we got too busy

with our lives. After that, we never received any other phone calls from our parents, and neither did we bother to go check on them. To be honest, we don't even know if they're alive or not and we'd feel a little too guilty to go and find out at this point, so we've just let it be. Our lives are going on just fine without them. They aren't bothered about us, so we don't have to bother with them either. It's only the fair thing to do. Maybe that makes us terrible children but honestly, they were pretty terrible parents to us as well. So whatever. Update 6. Hello to everybody.

Who'd been following Jackie in my story? I told Jackie about the overwhelming response that we received and she is eternally grateful for each and every one of you who bothered to write sweet comments or send supportive messages to her through me. She's finally done with the case and no longer has to worry about whether she is going to be there in her children's future or not. She came to an out-of-court. settlement with the company where she was paid a substantial amount of money so she would keep her

mouth shut about the false evidence and all the false accusations that had been leveled at her. She is no longer going to work there, obviously, and is already looking for new jobs, which should be easy given her experience and knowledge in her field. For the time being, she's using the money from the court case to pay her bills and stuff. She's finally back to living a normal life now and I really couldn't be happier for her. It's been almost four months since I posted here for the first time and since then. So many things have happened that I almost feel like you guys are an equal part of the journey that the two of us went through.

Actually, three, if we count Frank. All of us have a weird unspoken bond right now and we know that we can always count on each other, no matter what, because after what we've been through, I hardly think there will be greater challenges in the future that we won't be able to handle. Even Frank and I became pretty great friends over the past few months because we would meet often when Jackie would be busy with her attorney and would need either of us to watch the kids. So it would either be him dropping them off at my house or the other way around. Eventually, we exchanged numbers and started talking to each other as friends.

He's a pretty funny and sweet guy and it's crazy that we met under such stressful and strange circumstances but still became such great friends in such a short amount of time. Jackie thinks that he has the hots for me but I really don't think that's the case. and even if it is, he's really not my type and I'm not looking to date. So it's never going to happen and we're always just going to be really good friends. But anyway, coming back to the topic, Jackie's finally done with the lawsuit and she showed those people where they belonged. Because they're the ones who ended up having to pay her hush money and also sign an NDA, so they wouldn't have to worry about her dragging their company's reputation to the ground once she was done with it.

They're lucky that she didn't want any more drama or legal trouble. which is why she took the money quietly and left the situation as it was. She told me that she's going to get therapy for both herself, as an individual, and family therapy with her kids. Because after what happened, she really doesn't trust herself to be a good mother and feels like she's going to continue making mistakes that are eventually going to affect her children pretty badly. I offered to let her move in with me for a while, so we could all live under the same roof and I could look after her kids whenever she needed me to or whenever she felt a little too overwhelmed so she doesn't end up putting her kids in any sort of danger and

neglecting them like before. She hasn't responded to that yet and has told me that she needed a little more time to think, because she doesn't want me to take on such a huge responsibility and she also needs some time to think as it is a pretty big move after all. Not just for herself, but also for her kids. So she's going to have to make sure they're okay with it as well. I told her to take her time, but I really feel like it'll do them all a world of good to live with me. And I get pretty lonely at times as well, so it was very nice to have them over so frequently over the past few months and I would love to turn that into something permanent, or at least semi-permanent for the time being, because I really do hope to have a family of my own someday as well.

I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm honestly just relieved that the worst is behind us now. Update 7, hi, so it's almost been a year since the last update. And wow, I can't believe I'm back here after so long. I guess if you go back to my last update, I was talking about how Frank seems to be into me, but I said something about him not being my type, and yet, Jackie was very sure that we'd end up together at some point. It's crazy, but she was right. Frank and I have been in a relationship for almost six months now and I just remembered about this thread and felt like I had to share this bit of information with you guys.

So yeah, I guess he is my type and even if he wasn't before, I can't imagine being with anybody else apart from him now. Of course, Jackie's very happy about all of this because I just proved her right and she thinks that at least some good has come out of her insane goof-up last year with her kids and everything. But she's doing a lot better now and working in a much more stable company in a better position with higher pay. She moved out just a couple of weeks ago, but she's moved just down the street so I can visit her any time and it won't be any different than her living here. Another reason that I don't mind her moving out is because Frank is planning to move in with me next week and I couldn't be more excited for it if I tried.

I haven't dated anybody in the past five years, so this is a pretty big deal for me. And I hope that this works out. I actually kind of know that it will, deep down, because Frank is just the best guy that I've ever met in my entire life. He is sweet and sensitive and so insanely funny. I can understand why my nephew contacted him the first thing, as soon as he made his social media account.

The kids are doing better as well, and my niece is actually the top of her class right now, so that's something to be really proud of. My nephew isn't really one for academics but is doing great at football and if he keeps this up, he might even make the varsity team in the future. Everything is great now and going through my post from last year just makes me feel so much more grateful for everything that we have now. That's the end of the first story. Let's begin the second one. I hope you enjoy this story. My sibling's spouse went crazy when I disclosed that I was in a romantic partnership with another individual. This is simply a post to let off steam, but any guidance would be appreciated. Appreciated.

Context, I'm Ashley 17F. My sister, who will call Jess 25F, has been married for two years to her husband, Jake, 34M. They got together when she was just starting college, and have been together since. As far as I know, they've never had any problems, and any time they came around to visit they literally seemed like the model relationship. My parents never really made any of the right choices in life, and because of this my sister basically raised me herself. I'm so grateful to her for this, and I know that she had to make so many sacrifices to be able to do so.

When she was in college, I'd make sure to call her at least like three times a week just to get updates and see how she was doing. In these conversations she'd talk about schoolwork, what she was planning to do, and then she'd talk about Jake. She described him so wonderfully that it literally upped my own standards of love. For example, all the flowers she got, all the beautiful dates she went on, and how he treated her so amazingly. After living with my parents who should have gotten divorced a long time ago, I wasn't someone who had a guide of what a healthy relationship should look like.

So I became quite close with Jess and Jake. It had always been me and my sister growing up, so when she introduced me to Jake it felt like I finally had an older brother. Eventually, Jess and Jake moved and together, got engaged, and now they're married. My parents ended up kicking me out because I refused to pay them rent. I have a job at a luxury horse ranch, and there's a few perks. They'll let you use their horses to practice. They'll offer free lessons with a riding instructor, and all around I just love my job too much.

I didn't want to leave it due to these perks, though my pay isn't that good, and for how much my parents were asking for, I'd have to get a second job or quit to find one. That pays enough, so I found myself living with Jess and Jake. Jake works from home, so unless he's taking Jess out or at the gym, he's at home. He makes enough money doing whatever it is he does. I have no idea what he actually does, but Jess told me that it was his family's company. So that explains it, I guess. Recently, they came to me and told me that they were expecting, and obviously, I was very excited for them.

But my sister has had a few miscarriages in the past, and we needed to be extra careful with her. This has turned out to be a very complicated pregnancy for my sister, even in these early stages. So it's very high risk. Hopefully, this is enough for you to get a clear idea of what's going on. My parents had an old car that I was allowed to drive to work in school, but after they kicked me out I could no longer use it. This was a bummer as I always liked the sense of freedom that having a car gave me, but whatever I'll get over it. Jake insisted that he would start taking

me to school in the morning, and then driving me to and from work. I was extremely grateful for this because I didn't have to take the bus or walk. So after Jake finished his daily routine at the gym, he would head home, shower, get me Starbucks, and drop me off at school. And then in the afternoon he would pick me up from school, and then drive me to work. At the end of my shift, he was usually waiting outside or on the way. So it was really a great help, and I was so thankful that he would take so much time out of his day to help me. In the car, we'd end up talking and having conversations, whether it was about Jess or the plans for the baby. But he'd always ask me if I was dating someone, or had a crush on them. He'd wink and be like, you're so beautiful, it's not possible,

there's got to be something you're hiding from me. Come on, you can tell me, you know I can keep a secret, just tell me. I mean, there was a guy, I'll give him that, but it was too early to talk about. Which meant I ended up being vague because I didn't want to lie to him. Basically just playing coy and not answering any of his questions with too specific of an answer because I just didn't feel like jinxing myself. Eventually, Alex 19M, the guy that I was talking to ask me on a date, his family owned the ranch that I worked at, and so we ended up spending a lot of time together while I was working. Usually, during my shifts he would come and help me out, or we'd go riding together. I was really excited, and on the way home after my shift, I ended up telling Jake,

he immediately like, went cold? I don't know how else to explain it, but there was no longer a familial warmth, he started asking a lot of questions, very matter-of-factly, and I answered because I figured it was just the protective older sibling thing, and that it might take some time for him to get used to it. But then when I told him that we'd been talking for a month or so he freaked out, and got like really angry, I ended up crying when he started calling me a liar and saying that I've been trying to hide this from him. The one thing that stayed on my mind since is that he literally said, what about us? Which has left me so confused, because what does he even mean? The worst part is that now, because of how he acted, I'm overthinking a lot of what

has happened since I came to live with them. There's a pool in the backyard of Jake's house, and sometimes I'll go out there to swim or just to lie out there and tan. However, I've now come to realize that any time I went out for a swim, or tried to sunbathe that Jake would make an excuse to come and do something outside, whether he'd start up the grill or mow the lawn, I get that feeling that I was being watched, but a few times, he just started swimming with me, but I figured he was just trying to work out like me. After I get out of the pool, I go to take a shower in the hallway, Jake and Jess have their own connected to the master. After I'm done with my shower, I would go to my room and then get changed and sleep. Sometimes though, in that short distance

between hallway and room, in which I'm wearing nothing but a towel, Jake would be like waiting for me, and then he'd say good night, which I would say back to him, but now I'm wondering if there was another reason for that. I don't want to bring these concerns up to my sister because of how fragile she's been recently. This pregnancy is really hitting her hard, and I just don't want to say anything because it could end up hurting her or the baby, and I just need an answer as to whether or not I'm overthinking. More info, I really didn't even consider the fact that my sister could take his side over mine, but after everything I've read in the comments, it makes me think I should start collecting that evidence. Also, I will definitely try my best to switch the dynamic

between him and me without raising red flags. I'm more than willing to tell my sister if I feel like there's any immediate danger, but as I said before, I don't think he's that type of person. I'd rather wait until she's healthier to try and relay this news, just to be on the safe side considering my sister could seriously get hurt from not just the emotional damage, but the risk in her pregnancy. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but it was really scary seeing the way he flew off the handle like that. I really do feel like he's probably just been underway too much stress as my sister's pregnancy

is truly high risk, and he's had to take care of her much more than usual. He's probably just worried that something is going to happen to her. However, even if I do give him the benefit of the doubt, I should establish some boundaries. When he had that blow up, it really unnerved me, and I didn't feel safe. I know I'd never be able to overpower him, so I'm going to ask a few of my friends if they'd be willing to carpool me, and I'll reach out to Alex to see if he can give me a ride to and from work. Worse comes to worst, I'll just find a job that I can walk to.

In the meantime, I'll definitely try and emphasize the brotherly relationship that I feel with him. I'm going to try and stay pleasant because I really don't feel the need to be hostile and create an aggressive environment. Other than that, I'll be taking some steps to see if I can change my situation. Update, is my sister's husband acting weird or am I overthinking? I'd just like to say thank you, first of all, to everyone who left a comment on my last post offering advice in any sort of way. Last night, after reading all the comments, I realized that I'm no longer safe in this situation, and will be making changes from this day forward. As much as I respect and love Jake, I don't think the risk is worth it.

I did try and initiate a conversation with him, after I posted and got some advice, just to see if there's a chance we might be able to talk about this, but he was still in a bad mood, so I just went to my room. In the middle of the night, I felt like I really needed to get out of the house, though. I really just started feeling so trapped, and I decided that I would take a walk to my smoke spot and then try to clear my head. I'm not even there 15 minutes before I get a text asking, where are you? From Jake. Then, my phone starts blowing up off the hook. He's calling and calling and calling. I don't think I can describe the fear going through me. I wanted nothing else in the world than to be left alone. Eventually, I picked up the phone, which led to a flurry of insults

being thrown my way. Apparently, I'm effing princess who always gets her way, and how I deserve to be treated like the slut I am. Then, he told me to send him my location, which absolutely was not effing happening, so I told him to take a breather and think about what he just said to me. I did end up calling Alex afterwards, who thankfully picked up, and explained everything to him. I'm really not sure how much he understood considering I was literally shaking and crying so violently, but he ended up driving over to my spot and asking a few more questions about the entire situation while he tried to calm me down. I was able to relax, eventually, and told him everything again with a clearer head. Throughout all of this, my phone had been ringing off the hook,

but assuming that it was Jake, I just let them keep going. Eventually, I can see that it's my sister's phone calling me, and despite knowing that there was a good chance that it was Jake on the other end, I still picked up. It was indeed Jake, who unleashed another flurry of insults at me, loud enough for Alex to hear, and take the phone from my hand. He told Jake to shut the fuck up, and that I'm safe, then hung up. Afterwards, he just told me that it was going to be okay, and not to worry about it. He ended up driving me all the way to the ranch, and told his parents about what happened, and my current situation. I'm really grateful that they decided to take me in, and let me stay in one of their extra rooms for a little more work around the farm.

After that, I just kind of cuddled with Alex and tried my best to fall asleep. I ended up not going to school today, because I'm just trying to take a breather. However, after Jake's reaction and the comments getting to my head, I seriously began to worry for my sister, who I ended up calling. Gladly, she was the one who picked up, and it was obvious that she had been crying. She asked me if I was safe and if I was okay. Jess told me that the night before, she had woken up to Jake's yelling, and it really startled her, so she pretended to still be asleep.

She ended up hearing him come back into their room and take her phone off of her charger. Afterwards, she heard the yelling again, and then the front door slamming. Apparently, Jake had gone to look for me and had kept my sister's phone with him. She told me she had no idea what to do, but she was. was just scared that he was going to genuinely hurt me. After an hour or so, Jake had come back home, but he was clearly still in a bad mood, because when she asked where he was and what happened, he ended up blowing up on her two for questioning him. She said she'd never seen him this angry before, and he was literally wrecking furniture. After a few minutes of this,

he had gotten back into the car and left, but thankfully left her phone on the counter. She looked at the call logs and saw all the calls to me. While Jake was gone, she ended up calling a friend to pick her up, and then tried reaching out to me, which at that point I was sleeping, but she told me she was scared that he had found me. She told me she was really sorry for not being able to protect me herself, and failing to see that this was happening. Jess asked me why I didn't tell her about any of his behavior, but I told her that I didn't want to stress her out with the pregnancy, and then we both had a long cry.

Apparently, my parents are allowing her to move back and rent-free, because they want to help raised their grandbaby. If this had been an option in the first place, none of this would have happened, but I digress. My sister and I ended up going out for dinner, where I showed her my post, we cried again. She told me that she'd never been scared of him before, but after seeing his anger the night before, she was shaken. Both of us still need to get our stuff, but we're going to reach out eventually, and set a date that we can move all our shit out. My dad and Alex will both be there, just in case he tries to pull anything. According to my sister, he has tried to reach out and apologize so many times, but he just claims that he was worried for my safety, and that I

shouldn't be out at night. He had no idea that she could hear exactly what he was yelling at me, so she knew for a fact he was lying. Jess let him know that she'd be filing for divorce, and then hung up. I love my sister, and I wish her nothing but the best in life. I know she will recover from this, and find an amazing man that loves her and only her. In other news, Alex and I are going on a date next week, so I'm pretty happy about that. But genuinely, thank you to the Reddit commenters, for stressing me out so badly that I just needed to go on a smoke break. I think you may have saved me, I don't know what would have happened had I been in my room that night, but I'm grateful that I didn't have to find out.