My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Beauty and the Beast

My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Beauty and the Beast — page 1
Chapter 1 Ever since he helped her save Cinderella Maddie’s stepbrother Holden had been surprisingly less horrible to her than usual Giving a fairy tale back its Happily Ever After turned out to be a big bonding experience for the two stepsiblings who until then had never gotten along No one was happier to see them tolerating each other than their parents Maddie’s dad Greg and her stepmom Carol had only been married a few months and they didn’t like it when their kids fighting intruded on their newlywed bliss Even Maddie had to admit their middle-aged puppy love was a little overboard The two of them kissed like teenagers every chance they got constantly giggling about things only they found funny As nice as it was to see her dad happy Maddie was looking forward to the day when he and Carol would settle in and start acting more like other people’s parents There were times Maddie didn’t even recognize her father anymore He ate sushi now It was Carol’s favorite food He took ballroom dancing lessons Also her idea Strangest of all he was planning to dress up for Halloween for the first time in Maddie’s life He had always been one of those people who just left a bowl of candy on the front stoop with a sign that said Take one If he could have wiped October thirty-first off the calendar he probably would have Then along came Carol She suggested they dress up as some eighties band called the Eurythmics and suddenly her dad couldn’t wait for Halloween Carol had made herself a suit and tie and this bright orange crew cut wig to wear Her dad had a shaggy fake beard and a wig that looked like it was made out of ratty brown poodle fur The two of them were constantly sharing silly looks and singing about sweet dreams being made of these whatever that meant Eighties bands were so weird