When I was thirteen I used to pretend that I was a German soldier during World War II. My parents did not like it when I did this. They would get very silent and try to ignore me when I got in one of my ‘German’ moods. Even my brother and sister really hated it. I used force them to carry anvils across our four acre yard. I would also wake them up in the middle of the night by yelling in their ears, them I would force them out in the cold in their pajamas. I remember this one night when I built a fire and told them that after their ‘shower’ they could sit by the fire and I would feed them some food and let them rest. They were really grateful. “Brian,” my dad asked me the next day, “I don’t mean to accuse you of anything, but I need to ask you a question.” By this time my parents had become very frightened by my behavior. “Sure Dad.” I wasn’t pretending today, so I let him ask me a question. “You know I love you, and I would never do anything to hurt you, that’s why I need to know where your brother and sister are.” Anyway to make a long story short I haven’t been home in a while. Love Always, Brian Midfield Sate Penitentiary
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