I don’t know what made me admit all of that to Theo, but I had found myself blurting things out. Things that in truth he did not need to know. Things my own family did not know. But it felt good to finally say it all out loud. Things I had kept bottled up for so long. And it felt good. Even more so with the fact there was no look of judgment upon his handsome face. He simply listened, and showed nothing but compassion.
But, I knew, that in speaking out… in opening up to him, that now he knew there was a strong possibility that my family could find out. If he were to mention even the slightest piece of any of what I had spoken of to anybody, then my secrets would no longer be my own. We were, after all, stuck together in the same house for the duration of the holiday season. And my family
