We all carry secrets. Some are small and harmless. Others sit deep in the chest, heavy and unspoken, shaping the way we move through the world. What’s interesting is that many of the secrets we hold aren’t even about things we’ve done — they’re about what others have done, things that have happened around us, to us, or near us. Perhaps we worry these secrets make us guilty by association. Appearing to stick by somebody whose actions are the secret can feel like protecting the