Title: Secret Betrayal

Type of Story: Original Character in the Hardy Style

Rating of Story: PG-15

Main Characters: The Kramer family and all their friends.

Warnings: Child abuse

Plot Blurb: As Adam is beginning to learn how to adjust to life after the accident his father, Carl Kramer, is contacted by his ‘brother’ Bill urgently requesting his help. Bill’s arrival at the Kramer house reopens old wounds for Adam – wounds that he never revealed to anyone. As long buried childhood memories start to resurface for Adam, Jason notices a change in his brother and tries to help. Vowing to keep a promise he made to his cousin, Maria, years earlier Adam refuses Jason’s help. Will Jason be able to find out what Adam is hiding and help his younger brother find justice before it’s too late?

Splash Page: Adam kept trying to clear things up from the floor. Jason continued to read through some of his writing and laughing as he read aloud certain parts that referred to fights and the good times that the brothers had. Then he got to Adam's seventh grade notebook and he found a disturbing passage.

"What is this?" he asked. "The most horrible thing that happened to me is when I saw someone do something really bad to someone that I loved. I have to keep it secret and it is very hard at night sometimes. I really hate him. How...."

Adam, while hearing his brother read the passage, got up and grabbed it away from Jason. Jason just sat there with a bewildered look on his face. "What was that?" Jason asked with concern. But Adam did not answer right away. He was about to make up an excuse when the phone rang. Jason ran to answer the phone in the hallway. Adam was relieved for the break and quickly gathered up the notebooks and put them under his bed. He did not want Jason to read the rest of the notebook. Adam had never kept a secret from Jason, but this was different. It was just too painful.