True Stories
#1: He was one of my best friends in elementary school. We did just about everything together – rode bikes, played cops and robbers, had slumber parties, went to the movies. You name it, we did it. He had a younger brother and an older sister. They were all adopted and came from different biological families. They seemed to be happy with their adoptive parents. They lived in a nice home and attended a very good school in suburban Atlanta. They were provided for in every way.
One day one of the children could not keep the secret any longer. I don’t recall which child it was, but the truth came out. All three kids were being sexually abused at home. The things those kids were forced to do are unspeakable. I was in the fourth grade at the time and vividly remember my…