I never really understood why my mother worked so much. She was always busy with something, whether it was cooking dinner or cleaning the house, or working at her part-time job. And then one day, she told me that she had a new job that would pay more than anything else she could do. When I asked her what kind of job that was and how much she would be making, she refused to answer my questions.

She just told me that it was none of my business and if I wanted to know more about it, then I should just ask her again later on in life when I’m older and wiser. She said that she didn’t want me to know about it because there were things in life that were better left as mysteries for children like myself.

But despite all this secrecy, I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of job would require such secrecy from her own son? It couldn’t be something illegal like drug dealing or prostitution could it? Those were the only things that came to mind whenever I thought about what kind of shady jobs people did behind closed doors these days…or maybe even worse than those two things combined!

Last modified: October 13, 2022