“Because when I was your age, your grandfather did something I’ve never been able to forget.”
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“What did he do?”
Her eyes filled with tears.
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“You’re still too young to understand.”
Those words stayed with me for a long time.
One summer, our entire family went to stay at Grandpa’s vacation home.
The house stood beside a large lake.
One morning, my parents drove to a nearby town to do some shopping.
I stayed behind with Grandpa.
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At first, everything seemed normal.
He made me breakfast, then suggested taking a walk through the garden.
But when we reached the dock, he suddenly stopped.
“Emily, would you like to go for a little boat ride?”
I remembered my mother’s warning.
“Mommy doesn’t allow it.”
Grandpa stared at the lake for a long time.
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Then he said,
“I know. But there’s something she has never told you.”
“What is it?”
He removed his sunglasses.
“I can only show you in the middle of the lake.”
I didn’t know what to say.
Grandpa added,
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“We’ll be back soon. But if you don’t want to go, we won’t.”
I agreed.
He helped me put on a life jacket, checked the boat, and we headed away from shore.
At first, everything was beautiful.
The water sparkled beneath the sunlight.
Birds flew overhead.
But when we were far enough from shore, Grandpa suddenly turned off the engine.
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The boat stopped.
There was nothing but water all around us.
“Grandpa, why did we stop?”
He didn’t answer.
Instead, he turned toward me.
“Emily, your mother is afraid you’ll discover what I did to her when she was your age.”
My heart began pounding.
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“Did you hurt her?”
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