Shocked at the revelation!

Why I didn't know this earlier still baffles me. I'm in a complete state of shock. I was lied to. I was told that he died because of some mental problem... and I could've believed it. In his last few years, I was afraid of him. He had started to degenerate and he turned to religion. He would always have a rosary in his hand, muttering under his breath and hurling ice-cold gazes at anyone who glanced his way. Or he would sit down and read the Koran. There was a lot of bitterness in his tone when he spoke - he hurled insults at everyone. And I remember the time when he told us he knew what we were upto. I never knew how he knew... and I was petrified.

My family's pretty good at keeping secrets, I guess, because I never knew that he died of AIDS.