Truth Is

At one summer camp that I worked at, the campers and counselors would have a talk about anything before they all went to sleep.  It’s was a way for a group of strangers to get to know each other better.  They would share stories about who they were and where they came from.  Well one child shared troubling stories of being abused by their father.  According to the counselors the stories were very convincing and they, as required, reported them to the camp director.  By law, the director then reported it to the authorities.  This is when it became even weirder.  The child’s father was the authority for the State, actually heading that department.  So it turned out that this child was looking for special attention and repeated stories they had heard their father mention.  I thought the father handled it very well when he arrived to pick up the child.  He didn’t make a fuss or even let on that he was aware of what his child had done.  He also stepped back and let the investigation happen without interference.  I wonder if he thought of a Cabin In The Woods when all of this went down?

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