Does this torment end sometime soon?

SO has a really good friend, lets call him JAMES. James has 3 kids, KD A, B and C, 2 girls and the youngest is a boy. James went through a horrible time with BM - she would be violent and destructive, drink, do drugs, cheat and even put him in jail after faking an injury. The jailtime didn't last nor did it go anywhere, but the BM is super crazy. Her kids want NOTHING to do with her, nada.

Enters the innocent Step Mother, into the picture over 8 years ago. She is from Mexico, taught herself English, started her own cleaning business (this is how JAMES and her met, he has a gorgeous large house with property). They fall in lurve. Since BM is nowhere in the picture, except asking for money, SM takes over raising the children. Loves them like her own, and she is busy raising her own daughter, who she puts through college, and braces, etc. These kids love her back, and of course the house is CLEAN. Always perfect. JAMES is a contractor with his own business and really has a good eye for paint. He does not divorce, choosing to keep his money and his property and his new woman. Separated not divorced. Sound familiar Steptalk friends?

Eldest Skid A gets into her teen years, and suddenly out of the blue starts dating and staying out till all hours, drinking and partying. She steals money from JAMES, her siblings, and $$ and makeup from SM. SM and Eldest A are no longer as close as they were, needless to say and SM gets very angry with all the lies and stealing and being called a b!tch all the time by Eldest A. Eldest A starts staying with boyfriend's family, has a job, continues coming over at odd hours, taking what she wants, taking food, whatever, and then leaving.

And Eldest A is TONIGHT of all nights graduating high school. Good for her!

I woke up this morning to the news that we were invited to this graduation, because JAMES was not planning on going, and last night Eldest Skid A calls SO, all sad and misunderstood, and can he please come to her graduation tomorrow?????? (And we all know it is a special ceremony after which comes the money grab, with photos and flower leis.)

SM is not going, according to a text (she and I connected, and then we found out that we have the same Skid...almost identical). But she said JAMES and skid b and c are going in support of sister. So Eldest Skid A will have a small crowd of supporters after all.

And I was planning on going to the Queen tribute concert tonight. Darn!