#hillston.task

[hillstonhq]

TASK 02  ---  WHAT MAKES A SECRET !

our second task is here ! and it’s time to talk about all of those secrets your characters are trying so hard to keep from coming out. we have compiled a list with questions designed to give everyone a better understanding of the secrets and why it’s important for your character that no one finds out about them. feel free to answer these any way you want, it could be done in character or you could answer them for your character, or even a mix of both ! the answers can be as short or as long as you want, but make sure they’re enough to give us more insight into the secret. when posting your task, make sure you tag it with hillston.task as well as hillston.task02 so we can keep track of them. have fun and don’t worry rita won’t see these !

1.  what is your biggest secret? 2.  how long have you been keeping this secret? 3.  does anyone know about it? if so, did you tell them or did they find out on their own? 4.  why is it so important that it’s kept a secret? 5.  what do you think would happen to you if it got exposed? 6.  are you scared of what your friends and family would think of you if it did? 7.  would you change what you’ve done/you’re doing? 8.  do you think your life would be different if you did? how? 9.  what would you do if your secret got exposed? 10.  how far would you go to keep that from happening? 11.  do you believe enmity knows about it? if so, how do you think they found out?

[pcrcdise]

                i see you watching me , watching you.                    

a vibe: a playlist that captures the complete troy sinclair vibe , or alternatively , music that troy listens to on a regular basis. high as a kite: a playlist filled with tunes troy only listens to when , you guessed it , he’s high as a kite. 

EXTRA: want to know what kind of music gets troy going in the club ? click the link. 

[axeladler]

task one. create a playlist.

                                                     { listen here. } 

modern loneliness - lauv.

“ then i could fill the world with all my problems, but shit, that wouldn’t solve them. so i’m left here alone. “

save myself - ed sheeran.

“ life can get you down so i just numb the way it feels. i drown it with a drink and out-of-date prescription pills. “ 

sober up - ajr.

“ won’t you help me sober up, growing up made me numb, and i wanna feel something again. “ 

feelings are fatal - mxmtoon.

“ i’m always sad and i’m always lonely, but i can never tell you that i’m breaking slowly. closed doors, locked in, no keys. keeping my feelings hidden, there is no ease. “ 

change - charlie puth.

“ but i know that the world will change the day we know we’re all the same. why can’t we just get along? “

lost boy - troye sivan.

“ trying to kid myself that i got my shit together... i’m just a lost boy, not ready to be found. “ 

sick of losing soulmates - dodie.

“ watch how a cold, broken teen will desperately lean on a superglued human of proof. what the hell would i be without you? “ 

flares - the script. 

“ lose your heart, but don’t know when... but did you see the flares in the sky? were you blinded by the light? “

get better - scotty sire.

“ and honestly, its all on me. i gotta learn to let things go... it’s like nobody knows whats going on, but you do. so i take it all out on you. “

sad forever - lauv.

“ daydream. life feels like a daydream, and i just wish that i could wake up. “

i fall apart - post malone.

“ now there’s so many thoughts going through my brain and now i’m taking these shots like its novacane. “ 

bad liar - imagine dragons.

“ so look me in the eyes, tell me what you see. a perfect paradise, tearing at the seams? “

coaster - khalid.

“ as time passes, i’m feeling high. you’re not the one i’m thinking of tonight.. coasting, roller-coasting in my emotions. “

all the kids are depressed - jeremy zucker.

“ nothing ever makes sense, i’m not feeling alright. staying up ‘til sunrise and hoping shit is okay. “

[dvplicities]

i hope you find a way to be yourself someday --- --- a zara calloway task.

one. what is your biggest secret? obviously, that she’s not who she fucking says she is --- and is in fact, a con woman. 

zara was actually born zoya liliya, last name taken from her mother --- a direct spit into the fact of the patronymic naming customs of russian culture. it’s been said that there was a horrible blizzard the night zoya was born, foretelling, somewhat, of her personality. she’s had many names over the years: andy, valeria, elizabeth, deborah, diana... the list goes on really. zara’s only the most recent one.

two.  how long have you been keeping this secret? zara’s been a con-woman for as long as she can remember. at first it was crying in supermarkets with her mother, as a baby, so they could buy groceries --- then it was running insurance scams, now it’s posing as a billionaire’s daughter in order to gain access to his fortune.

three.  does anyone know about it? if so, did you tell them or did they find out on their own? the only person who knows is zara’s mother, veronica. that being said, zara does consider the idea of telling isaac, the only other person she trusts nearly as much as her mother. it won’t happen, but she thinks about it.

four.  why is it so important that it’s kept a secret? mostly, because zara doesn’t want to go to prison. she doesn’t want her mother to go to prison. she can’t begin to explain how much she doesn’t wanna go to prison. zara’s already had a few brushes with the law and with death, --- she’s not exactly jumping at the bit to experience all of that over again.

five.  what do you think would happen to you if it got exposed? arrested. thrown in jail. sent back to russia. it’s a fine line really --- and largely, depends on the judge she gets for her case.

six.  are you scared of what your friends and family would think of you if it did? zara would like to claim that she isn’t scared of anything, at all --- but in fact, yes. yes, she’s entirely scared. it mainly boils down to three people: what would isaac, troy and scarlet think if the truth was to come out? she’s convinced herself that they’d hate her, that they’d think the friendship, the love and the relationships they’ve built was just a lie: when in reality, it’s the most real thing zara’s ever felt.

seven.  would you change what you’ve done/you’re doing? and that’s the rub, of course: zara wouldn’t. at all. in the slightest. when they came from russia, she and veronica had nothing. n o t h i n g. they were dirt poor who spoke a little english and no one was willing to help them out in the slightest. zara watched, as american capitalism and excess took a hold of people and never let them go --- she knew, deep down, she deserved better. that she was owed better.

so no. zara wouldn’t change any of it. because rich people are never going to miss the money --- and she’d rather die than go back to starving on the streets.

eight.  do you think your life would be different if you did? how? oh... yes. zara’s life would be incredibly different. she’d be a lot less scarred up, from stab wounds and bullet holes. she’d probably be more bitter, a rare feat considering how bad it currently is. she’d be angrier, meaner, would probably be the worst kind of high school teacher you could find --- because she’d be filled to the brim with resentment.

that, or --- she would have headed back to russia, soon as she turned eighteen, to try and find her father. she has questions, dammit.

nine.  what would you do if your secret got exposed? die, probably. disappear for a good few months. it’s similar to “i blew all my covers. i gotta go figure out a new one.” she’d need to learn how to live in plain sight, as opposed to pretending how to be someone else.

ten.  how far would you go to keep that from happening? kill someone. no question.

eleven.  do you believe enmity knows about it? if so, how do you think they found out?  no. no one knows. people can assume all they like, but zara’s a master at this. it’s a careful art --- and she’s constructed her current role that anyone who dares to question her, looks merely jealous, envious or like a joke: a fine little trick she learnt from her mother, back in the day.

[angclfire]

a playlist for scarlet mariana rhodes. ( +listen ) 

[incandcscent]

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡  𝐢𝐬  𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝  𝐨𝐧  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 ,  a  leo  sinclair  playlist /  for  the  boy  with  the  world  in  his  hands  and  war  in  his  mind .   ( x )

[cadubrkley]

untitled  #4  |  a  c.  b.  playlist

[delicateheartd]

𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 /  “ never give your secret to anyone, because if you can’t keep it to yourself, don’t expect others to.“

1.  what is your biggest secret? vera’s secret is that she’s pregnant. 18 weeks currently.

2.  how long have you been keeping this secret? she found out when she was three months along because she thought something may have been wrong. and oh boy did she get a surprise.

3.  does anyone know about it? if so, did you tell them or did they find out on their own? her obgyn, tba, arthur, carina, lysander are the only ones that know her secret. and she told them about it.

4.  why is it so important that it’s kept a secret? vera is someone that solely believes that life is often cruel, it’s why she was so hesitant to tell anyone that fear that something could go wrong. but sharing it nothing happened, and that has been a huge relief to her.

5.  what do you think would happen to you if it got exposed? judgement. opinions are the things she guesses will happen. none of which bother her too much, she’s just not sure she’s ready for all of the opinions.

6.  are you scared of what your friends and family would think of you if it did? no, vera doesn’t care much what her “family” thinks. she’s not even sure she plans on telling them. having them do to this baby what they did to her all those years ago. being apart of his/her life and then just leaving ? it’s not something she’ll let happen, not after what they did to her. her friends on the other-hand ? of course she cares about their opinions but she hopes they realize she’s happy. and she’s always wanted to be a mom.

7.  would you change what you’ve done/you’re doing? no, long story short vera has always wanted children, and a family of her own. it may not be an ideal time, and it’s a large surprise. but she loves this baby so much already. so she wouldn’t change the fact she’s pregnant not even for a second.

8.  do you think your life would be different if you did? how? she doesn’t think it would be different by much. but she also now can’t picture her life without this child even though she’s never met them. held them. the love is already there.

9.  what would you do if your secret got exposed? i feel she’d be disappointed. upset even that it had to come from that blog. and not the way she wanted it to be.

10.  how far would you go to keep that from happening? not far.. it’s not who she is but she’s tried to be careful about it to the best of her ability even with how horrible her morning sickness was previously.

11.  do you believe enmity knows about it? if so, how do you think they found out? vera holds out hope that the enmity has no idea, or haven’t figured it out yet. the only way she thinks is from her doctor, which would be a breech of her information. so she’s going to continue holding onto that hope.

[richardrhcdes]

to  kicking  ass  and  taking  names  —  a  r.  r.  playlist

[brashflavcrs]

                   𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐞 : 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡                    

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅  𝐀  𝐌𝐀𝐍  by  𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒏  𝒍𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒔  . “  but  how  am  i  supposed  to  love  you  ,  when  i  don't  love  who  i  am  ?  and  how  can  i  give  you  all  of  me  when  i'm  only  half  a  man  ?  'cause  i'm  a  sinking  ship  that's  burning  so  let  go  of  my  hand  .  ” 

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃  𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒  by  𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍  . “  oh  ,  i  try  to  be  happy  ,  but  it's  hard  sometimes  .  but  life  just  seems  to  happen  right  before  my  eyes  ,  'cause  i  feel  like  i'm  not  there  ,  'cause  my  head  is  up  somewhere  far  away  from  all  my  friends  .  i  just  want  that  back  again  .  ” 

𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍  by  𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂  . “  if  you  see  the  boy  i  used  to  be  ,  could  you  tell  him  that  i'd  like  to  find  him  ?  and  if  you  see  the  shell  that's  left  of  me  ,  could  you  spare  him  a  little  kindness  ?  ” 

𝐈'𝐌  𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇  𝐘𝐎𝐔  by  𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆  𝒋𝒐𝒚  . “  i've  been  on  fire  ,  dreaming  of  you  .  tell  me  you  don't  ,  it  feels  like  you  do  .  looking  like  that  ,  you'll  open  some  wounds  .  ”

𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒  by  𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒕  . “  it  feels  like  there's  oceans  between  me  and  you  once  again  .  we  hide  our  emotions  under  the  surface  and  tryin'  to  pretend  ,  but  it  feels  like  there's  oceans  between  you  and  me  .  ” 

𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓  𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄  by  𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆  𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔  . “  oh  ,  i  could  feel  the  darkness  wrapping  all  its  arms  in  mine  .  i  could  feel  the  world  was  turning  all  inside  my  mind  .  ” 

𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘  𝐎𝐅  𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄  by  𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒋𝒂𝒏  𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒔  . “  how  much  sorrow  can  i  take  ?  blackbird  on  my  shoulder  .  and  what  difference  does  it  make  when  this  love  is  over  ?  ” 

𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒  𝐈𝐓  𝐎𝐅𝐅  𝐌𝐄  by  𝒄𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔  𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓  𝒔𝒆𝒙  . “  could  you  love  me  instead  of  all  the  boyfriends  you  get  ?  know  i’d  make  you  forget  about  all  of  those  rich  fuckboys  .  kiss  it  off  me  ,  if  you’re  gonna  break  my  heart  ,  this  is  a  good  start  .  ” 

[silkcxge]

                                𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 - 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝟎𝟐

          1.  what is your biggest secret?

      guilt is a monster she cannot escape. it takes more and more from her each time she thinks about that night. - her addiction was getting worse but she didn’t like the person she used to be. a girl controlled by her emotions; love, anxiety, hate, doubt. without the alcohol and drugs, she was drowning in them. that was why she thought it would be a good idea. to let her friend swim with her. to let go of reality. she was high on the cocktail of drugs and gave her high school friend some too. when the reality no longer belonged to just her, she got up off the floor that she didn’t realize was sitting for hours. her friend was gone. some of the people at the party told her he overdosed.

          2.  how long have you been keeping this secret?

      one and a half years.

          3.  does anyone know about it? if so, did you tell them or did they find out on their own?

      people know she was at the party with the other but no one knows she is the one gave her friend the drugs. 

          4.  why is it so important that it’s kept a secret?

      she doesn’t know how to face the truth. a part of her wanted to go to rehab to get better, the other part of her just wanted to escape. when no one knows, she can act like it was a nightmare that never happened. but if people find out, she can no longer deceive herself.

          5.  what do you think would happen to you if it got exposed?

      she can be charged criminally. even though she didn’t sell the drugs to her friend, she gave them to him and charges for providing the drugs related to an overdose death are considered second-degree manslaughter.

          6.  are you scared of what your friends and family would think of you if it did?

      yes, she is terrified. the people she loves means everything to her. 

          7.  would you change what you’ve done/you’re doing?

      yes.

          8.  do you think your life would be different if you did? how?

     her life would be vastly different but not better. the reason why she chose to go to rehab was that night. it was a traumatic experience, something brought her back to reality. if it never happened, she would still be an addict or worse...

          9.  what would you do if your secret got exposed?

      first, she would deny it. she has been in denial for about one and a half years. but after the denial stage, the extreme guilt would make her miserable. and then, when she’s ready, she would face the consequences.

          10.  how far would you go to keep that from happening?

      she doesn’t want to admit, but she would do whatever it takes.

          11.  do you believe enmity knows about it? if so, how do you think they found out?

       no, not likely. she is quite sure no one saw whats she did that night, at least that’s what she thinks.

[hillstonhq]

𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝  𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 ;

a playlist for teens trying to find their way in the world, blowing their trust fund on booze and making mistakes with people that don’t mean anything. for college students, spending too much time keeping secrets over studying, with bleary eyes and the knowledge that they have their parents money to fall back on. for those in their thirties, wondering what the hell they’re still doing in this quicksand town. for the parents trying to keep it all together, who can't stop the dollars and lies from slipping through their fingers. 

[pcrcdise]

       people keep telling me they know me. no one does. but i do.                   

beneath it all: a playlist of songs that capture the inner workings of troy sinclair , or are about him , either from someone else’s point of view , his own , or in general.

[dvplicities]

and i'm back to my ways 'cause i'm heartless — — a evan sinclair task.

one.  what is your biggest secret? you wouldn’t know it just by looking at him: what with the cars, the mansion, the three perfect kids and devoted girlfriend by his side; a conglomerate corporation that consistently posts profits instead of losses. but seperate to his perfect, carefully constructed life: is a criminal empire of epic proportions.

approached by an old family friend at one stage, he spoke of a lucrative industry that was currently untapped. he’d cut evan in on the profits, but all he had to do was look the other way. evan happily did so. from there, it only grew: now, it encompasses drug import and exports, illegal gambling dens; protection rackets, loan sharking. name it, and evan and his empire, have probably had a hand it in at some point.

two.  how long have you been keeping this secret? it started roughly a year after emily left the family, making it now, seventeen years or so.

three.  does anyone know about it? if so, did you tell them or did they find out on their own? family wise, only evan. --- outside of that? the people involved in his business. less than savoury characters who have proven their loyalty over and over again, and who evan doesn’t trust with anything other than his criminal exports.

four.  why is it so important that it’s kept a secret? to be kept out of prison, mostly. evan would thrive in prison, of course, but he has no intentions of going. his family’s name, and it’s legacy, secondly. his family’s safety and sanity of his children --- who have already suffered so much and lost even more thanks to emily’s actions. evan won’t be someone who adds his name to that list.

evan’s crafted an image of himself for the world, and that image is true --- mostly. the rest of his is reserved for his criminal activities. it is messy, bloody, thankless work, but it’s something he takes a sick, twisted level of pride in.

five.  what do you think would happen to you if it got exposed? for sure, evan would be arrested, probably be denied bail and held for the biggest criminal trial of the century. it wouldn’t be pretty --- evan would quite literally loose his everything. his girlfriend, his children, his company. his friends, his life, even. the worst case scenario is the only scenario.

six.  are you scared of what your friends and family would think of you if it did? i don’t think evan’s... scared... so much as he is worried. he adores his children, and he knows they adore him. there’s a level of fierce devotion between all of the sinclairs, especially in how they closed ranks after emily left. he worries what will change and how it will change if it all comes to light.

more than that, he worries what vera --- and their unborn child --- will think when it comes to light. he’s incresingly aware that vera’s got an image of her in his head, and keeping secrets is going to harm what they have in the long run. ( it’s especially going to harm the ring he keeps in his safe, waiting for the right moment to ask. )

seven.  would you change what you’ve done/you’re doing? no. he wouldn’t. there was a black anger in evan after emily left --- and he never quite dealt with it in a healthy way. he was the perfect, doting dad at home; but when it came time to go to the office, he was self-destructive and depressed, developing a drinking problem and caring little if his life went up in smoke.

he needed an outlet and he needed to do something --- to prove to himself just that he could. but also, to prove emily right. if evan was so horrible that she was forced to leave and abandon their children, well. he’d make it come true.

eight.  do you think your life would be different if you did? how? i don’t know if evan would have left the kids, per-say. he’s not built for that, and when you’re apart of his family, it stays that way for life. but i think there would have been a period where evan wouldn’t have been able to take care of the kids, lest he cause them serious emotional harm, or more problems then they already had.

he would have probably turned out more like his own father --- bitter and twisted, distant and emotionally cold. laughing in the face of their dreams and their pride. the kids would have come to be a source of resentment for him, reminding him of the day emily left and the day he was never good enough. and he certainly wouldn’t have vera and the family they’re building together.

nine.  what would you do if your secret got exposed? evan would go to his children first, because sinclairs for fucking life. he’d explain the situation, why it is what it is; how it happened, every single last detail. he’d expect the kids to turn their backs on him, and evan, would... honestly understand. he’d do the same with vera, and hope she’d stay. everyone else could have whatever the media says about him.

from there, evan would arm himself with lawyers --- and hope for the goddamn best.

ten.  how far would you go to keep that from happening? evan’s already killed people who threatened to expose him; who threatened to harm his children or tell them the truth. he’s bribed cops and politicians to look the other way. in short, there isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to keep the truth from seeing the light.

eleven.  do you believe enmity knows about it? if so, how do you think they found out? no. enmity doesn’t know. enmity can’t know, because there’s a severe culture of secrecy around evan’s activities and how they operate. 

[angclfire]

a playlist for seth ezekiel jameson. ( +listen. )

[incandcscent]

𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 ,  a  arthur  faulkner  task .

𝟏.  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭?

     THE  ONE  SECRET  that  weights  on  arthur  currently  is  his  relationship  with  samantha  donovan .

𝟐.  𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭? 

     ALTHOUGH  THEY  HAD  been  sleeping  together  before ,  they  didn’t  start  to  officially  dating  until  last  december ,  so  it’s  been  about  six  months .

𝟑.  𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭? 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧? 

     THE  ONLY  OTHER  person  who  knows  about  the  relationship  is  sam .  they’ve  agreed  to  keep  it  to  themselves  for  now ,  and  arthur  has  kept  to  his  word .  the  person  who  caught  them  together  and  blackmailed  them  with  footage ,  matthew  echolls ,  only  know  they’ve  slept  together  but  not  about  the  relationship .

𝟒.  𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭? 

     ARTHUR’S  MAIN  CONCERN  is  and  will  always  be  his  two  kids .  as  much  as  he  wants  to  let  the  whole  world  know  how  much  he  loves  this  woman ,  he’s  not  sure  if  his  kids  are  ready  for  that  change .  they’ve  been  through  a  lot  and  have  finally  started  to  move  past  the  loss  of  their  mother ;  he  doesn’t  want  to  risk   the  news  of  a  new  woman  in  his  life  to  undo  the  healing  that’s  happened .

𝟓.  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝? 

     HE  KNOWS  THAT  media  outlets  would  have  a  field  day  with  the  information  and  would  try  to  get  as  much  detail  as  possible  about  sam .  something  he's  dreading .  but  his  biggest  worry  is  how  his  kids  would  react  to  it .  he  doesn’t  know  what  will  happen  there ,  but  he’s  expecting  the  worst  and  hoping  for  the  best . 

𝟔.  𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 ��𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝? 

     YES .  IT’S  THE  only  reason  he’s  still  keeping  it  a  secret .  he  is  afraid  that  his  kids  will  think  that  he  is  moving  on  too  soon  and  that  they  will  hate  him  for  falling  in  love  with  someone  else .  at  the  end  of  the  day ,  he’s  worried  that  he’s  going  to  hurt  his  kids  and  that’s  always  the  last  thing  he  wants  to  do .

𝟕.  𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞/𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠? 

     NO .  DESPITE  ALL  his  worries ,  arthur  would  never  break  up  with  sam .  he  hasn’t  felt  this  happy  and  this  live  in  years  and  he  knows  it’s  all  due  to  her  and  the  love  they  feel  for  each  other .  it’s  gotten  to  a  point  where  he  can’t  imagine  life  without  the  woman ,  and  he  doesn’t  want  to  think  about  it  either .

𝟖.  𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝? 𝐡𝐨𝐰? 

     YES .  IT  WAS  his  relationship  with  sam  ( even  before  they  were  dating )  that  brought  him  out  of  the  depressive  stage  he  was  after  his  wife’s  passing .  if  he  were  to  put  an  end  to  his  relationship ,  he  would  be  right  back  there.  drinking  too  much ,  spending  his  days  feeling  sorry  for  himself ,  and  lost .  it  wouldn’t  be  good  for  him ,  for  his  kids  or  anyone  else  around  him .

𝟗.  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝? 

     THE  FIRST  THING  he’d  do  would  be  talk  to  his  kids ,  of  course .  he’d  sit  them  down  and  try  to  explain  himself  and  ask  about  how  they  felt  about  everything .  he  has  no  idea  how  that  conversation  would  go ,  though .

𝟏𝟎.  𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠? 

     NOT  THAT  FAR .  there’s  a  big  part  of  him  that  wouldn’t  mind  if  the  secret  came  out ,  actually .  it  would  end  the  whole  ‘ waiting  for  the  right  time ’ .  

𝟏𝟏.  𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭? 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭?

     NO .  THERE’S  NO  way  enmity  could  know .  sam  and  arthur  have  been  very  careful  about  their  time  together  and  mostly  do  it  at  their  own  houses  when  they  know  they’ll  be  alone  or  out  of  town .  unless  enmity  has  been  following  them ,  there  is  no  way  they  could  know .