Confidences Never Broken

Hello, fellow reader,

Confidences Never Broken is a snippet of The Lake Effect that reveals the impact the lake had on one of the characters in the book.

Relatable

I think we can all relate to that special someone or someplace that we all turn to to confide our secrets in. For me, it was usually my besties from high school and college. I typically needed feedback in actual words from whomever I was confiding in. But I can see how someone might take comfort in spilling their guts to an inanimate object like a lake.

What are your thoughts? Who do you spill your guts to?

Enjoy!

She and I would always be friends, of course. I was as sure of that as my mother was sure that the lake would always be there for her . . . and me. I took comfort in knowing that I could rely on each of them to have my back as well. After all, she was a part of me, just like the lake was. I knew it was silly to think that a body of water could have “my back.” But I confided in both of them, sought solace from both of them, found comfort in both of them. And neither one of them knew anything about the man at the resort. I liked that I had kept that from them—that I had my own secret. Although, if I had been honest with myself the last two years in high school, I would have had to acknowledge that the lake probably knew about the man. It was almost like it was privy to such secrets, like a boss who is privy to your personnel records. But unlike a human companion, the lake could never break any confidences.

It’s all about the discussions, my fellow reader.

Till next time.

Ruth

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