In fact, they actually totally played up her relationship with her niece and told her niece that she was always really involved.
For instance, they told her niece stories about her cuddling her niece to sleep and calling her niece her “little baby.”
Her mother and stepsister also claimed that she adored her niece more than anyone else in the world– and even used staged photos to prove it.
“My mom had taken a few photos of me and my niece that she had staged at the time. They show my niece those photos as if they were moments my mom had walked in on,” she said.
“So, my niece has been waiting for this aunt figure who considers her their own child.”
This fact became overwhelmingly apparent to her this past year when she saw her niece three times.
And since she had gotten pregnant and was, obviously, expecting a baby, her niece began acting seriously angry and jealous.
But, she did not learn about this fake relationship her niece had been lied to about until the last time she was at her grandparent’s house.
Apparently, while visiting, both she and her partner were very focused on their newborn baby. And her niece was super emotional and kept trying to steal her attention away. It was at that point that what her mother and stepmother lied about finally came to light.
First, she got accused of trying to replace her niece. Then, her niece said her baby was stealing her niece’s place and trying to push her out.
Finally, her niece claimed that she used to do all of the same sentimental stuff, and her niece said it was unfair that she doesn’t do that anymore.