I stopped as I looked at him in shock, he may be my stepfather but he wasn't my father, and that doesn't give him a right to tell me what to do.

“I am sorry Mr. Brian but I would not be answering you,” I said angrily at him.

"You insolent child, I have warned you several times to behave yourself, but it seems you have refused to listen," my mother finally said, stepping out from behind her husband, who had been standing there silently.

"I am an adult, Mum, and not a child anymore," I ...