Sheila
Despite her father’s pleas, Zoe refused to call her stepmother ‘Mum’. She never had, and vowed to herself that she never would. No one could replace Zoe’s mum – not that her stepmother ever even tried…
The woman made huge effort noises whenever she had to do anything. She was so lazy she would order Zoe to pick her nose for her, though of course Zoe always said ‘no’. Sheila could even let out a groan while changing channels with the TV remote…
Zoe’s stepmother was quite short, but she made up for it by being as wide as she was tall.
She was, in a word, spherical.