Secrets! Secrets! And many more secrets!
This was something that everyone on the planet, rich or poor, had in common.
This also applied to my family. 
As I grew older, I became more interested in delving deeper into trying to learn for myself what my parents were hiding from me. 
I had not imagined, however, that the farther I delved into the issue, the more questions I began to ask myself.
I began to consider how heinous and horrifying all of these family secrets would appear to the public if they were ever revealed.
And why was I tempted and curious in the first place?
But what else could a normal son have done in such a situation?
Should I have minded my own business? 
That was completely impossible.
But, considering how things had evolved by the time everything became clear to me, I began to wonder.
Why was this the case?
My curiosity side got the best of me and placed me in a position I still regret to this day.
Would I choose the same road if I had to start from scratch?
I am still puzzled about the answer.

OUR FAMILY'S DIRTY AND SCANDALOUS SECRETS

I respectfully looked at the woman who had changed my life so greatly that in my eyes, she was truly the epitome of greatness. 


“Mama, it’s been a while!” I smilingly said as I made myself comfortable, my eyes not showing any sort of fear towards her. 


How could I fear her when I have already passed the stage of doing something silly like that? 


Mama smiled at me as she watched me sit without restrictions. 


After sitting on a smaller futon opposite her cross-legged, I looked eagerly at her as I questioned, “How have you been all this while?” 


“As you can see, life is treating me well and yourself?” she asked me. 


Smiling brightly at her as if I were a child who was seeking praise, I began to tell her about all the wonderful things that had happened to me in the time that we hadn’t sat together for a one-on-one session. 


CHAPTER 26