My Stepmother Locked Me In to Stop Me from Going to the Wedding — It Backfired SpectacularlyWhen my dad, 61, announced he was marrying his girlfriend Dana, I kept my doubts to myself. She never liked me, but I showed up anyway—holidays, birthdays, the usual. Then came the wedding. I wasn’t even formally invited,

but my dad insisted I stay at their place the night before. That’s when things got weird.The next morning, I woke up to find my phone, keys, and all exits gone or locked. Dana had literally trapped me inside the house. All she left was a sticky note: “Don’t take it personally. It’s just not your day.”She underestimated one thing: