[She listens carefully but she doesn't understand.]

It isn't something that you're hiding if it is also hidden from you. Hiding things and having things hidden from you; they are different weights. It isn't easy to hide from the people you care about but sometimes you think its to protect them.

I've found that the only want to truly protect someone is to do it together.

I know that doesn't change the pain but maybe it makes it a little better. To know that person cared so much about you, that they held onto the guilt and worry and told no one.