Monthly Bonus Content #2—Character Q&A #15 (Patreon)

QUESTION: "Rebecca, The MC has forgiven you for keeping some secrets from them, do you feel guilty about keeping more secrets?"

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Her hands clench in her lap before she takes a breath and manages to force them to relax. “If preventing my child from leaning about some things keeps them safe or happy, then I will continue to hide whatever that truth may be.” She swallows hard, but a flicker of uncertainty crosses her usually steady expression.

“I don’t keep secrets to hurt them. I keep them because I will gladly bear the weight of them so as they remain unburdened. As much as that seems to backfire, at least I know that, for some time at least, they can live life without needing to worry or be in pain over the things I know that they do not need to.”