9. A Family Secret
I went to a friend’s house on the weekend to play video games at the age of about 10. We had a good time and played a lot of games on the PS2. His mom came upstairs from the basement to ask if we wanted food. I turned around and said, “Yes, please,” and before I could finish saying please I noticed she had a black eye. I asked my friend what happened to his mom’s face, and his reply gave me shivers: “I can’t say.”
10-year-old me just said, “Oh, okay,” and we proceeded to play video games. I didn’t realize until I was about 19 this happened.
