Grandpa noticed it too.

One Thanksgiving, Dad saw me sitting on the arm of Grandpa’s chair with my legs partially on his lap.

“Emily. Move.”

Grandpa immediately looked away.

I woke up angry.

Later, I confronted Dad in the kitchen.

“What’s wrong with you?”

His answer stunned me.

“Someday you’ll understand why I keep telling you.”

After that, I began to wonder if there

At 26 I was still a virgin, and my father always warned me, “Stop sitting on grandpa’s lap and watch out for him.” I never listened to him… until one night Grandpa came up to me and asked, “Will you sleep next to me tonight?”

were any family secrets that no one wanted to tell me.

Three months later, Grandpa came to our

home unexpectedly.

It was almost nine o’clock at night.