Candice is a fourteen year old girl who lives with her two parents. Her mother works two jobs to support the family and her father is a drunk that spends his meager salary on alcohol and cigarettes.
While dust mopping her parents bedroom floor, she shoves the dust mop under the bed to clear the dust bunnies. She suddenly hits something, and lying down on the floor, she sees a suitcase shoved against the wall.
Curiosity has gotten the best of her, and she pulls the suitcase out. Before she can open it, her father comes home, and she quickly shoves it back under the bed and races to her room.
After several attempts to discover what is in the hidden suitcase she finally sneaks it out from under the bed. Slowly opening it and throwing back the lid, she throws her hands over her mouth. In total shock, she slams the lid shut and shoves it back under the bed, and then quickly stumbles to her room.
Unbeknownst to her or her mother, her father is living a secret life, and Candice has found out, but can she tell her mother? She has no idea how her discovery will impact her young life and fill it with guilt, fear, and shame.
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