Hidden Truths of Family Secrets

“So this happened last weekend at a family dinner, and I still don’t know how to feel

about it. We were all sitting around the table, and my mum casually says,

‘We should talk about what happened ten years ago.’ Everyone suddenly went dead silent.

I had no idea what she meant… but everyone else clearly did. Then my uncle looks at me and goes,

‘You deserve to know the truth.’ And my stomach dropped. He tells me that when I was eight,

our family had this massive falling-out. Apparently, my dad had been secretly helping

my aunt financially for years… But he never told my mum. When she found out,

she thought they were having an affair. They weren’t. My aunt had gotten herself into a really