My mother often told me, “Don’t sit on Grandpa’s lap.” I never understood why. One day, I didn’t listen to her and sat down anyway. Grandpa smiled, leaned close to my ear, and whispered, “Can you come sleep beside me tonight?”

“Get dressed.”

“Where are we going?”

She remained silent for a moment.

“To Grandpa’s house.”

When we arrived, I was expecting almost anything.

But Grandpa didn’t take us to his bedroom.

Instead, he led us to the small enclosed porch at the back of the house.

Two mattresses had been placed on the floor.

One was large.

The other was small.

Near the window stood an old telescope.

I stared at him in confusion.

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Grandpa smiled.

“This is what I meant when I asked you to sleep beside me.”

Mom turned away, as though she didn’t want me to see the tears in her eyes.

“But why did it have to be a secret?” I asked.

Grandpa sat down.

“Because your mother wouldn’t have allowed it.”

That was when Mom finally told me what they had been hiding for months.

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