Everyone has secrets, right? Perhaps she jumped, naked, into a river while friends were watching. Maybe he stole a packet of pens back in fifth grade, when there wasn’t money to buy them. A group of friends might have banded together to cheat fellow classmates in a game of whack-a-mole.

Some secrets are never meant to be shared. Imagine telling your future partner about your naked stunt? What if the boy applies for a government job and the theft comes up during vetting? Or if the group is found out, but only one or two are charged?

Our task is to write a story in which a secret plays an important role.

Have fun with this one.