At the age of 26 I was still a virgin, and my father always warned me, “Stop sitting on the grandfather’s lap and be careful with him.” I never listened to him… until one night Grandpa came up to me and asked me, “Will you sleep by my side tonight?”

to approach.

Will you sleep by my side tonight?

I stared at it.

I honestly thought I had misunderstood.

“What?”

“Tonight,” he repeated. In my house.

I felt a knot in my stomach.

Then he said something that made it even worse.

“Please don’t tell your father yet.”

I took a step back.

“Grandpa… why?”

Suddenly, his eyes were filled with something I couldn’t comprehend.

Fear.

“Because if he finds out,” Father whispered, “he won’t let you come.

At that very moment, we heard Dad go down the stairs.

Grandpa immediately turned away from me.

Dad came into the room.

He looked at Grandpa.

Then he looked at me.

“What’s going on?”

—Nothing —

I said.

But Dad clearly didn’t believe me.

And for the first time in my life, I remembered all the warnings I had given myself.