But he does have a point, jaysen. If Mom makes a big deal about this, it's basically guaranteed that Dad will make an issue of you overstepping, too.

Goose, gander, all of that fun stuff.

Now there are a couple of inconsistencies with your version of events.

First Stepmom hasn't spoken to the child in months. But...then...Stepmom is chasing her and saying mean things.

It goes to credibility - both cannot be true. So which is it?