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> **Context** : 15-year boy speaking to himself  
>  あの子とも 違う秘密を持ったみたいで後ろめたい気分だ

I brought this long phrase here because I have several points of doubt in it.

**First** : あの子とも doesn't seem to be the same as
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1561/what-are-the-
meanings-of-%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82-tomo-and-%E3%81%8B%E3%81%97%E3%82%89-kashira
"What are the meanings of ~とも \[tomo\] and ~かしら \[kashira\]?") or
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3229/what-is-
the-%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82-in-this-
sentence-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AF%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E3%82%92%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%B0%E3%81%9A%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82%E6%9A%AE%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8B%E7%92%B0%E5%A2%83%E3%81%AB%E5%B1%85%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%E3%80%82
"What is the とも in this sentence?"). I suspect it is just an emphasis (like:
"That kid!!"), but I would like someones confirmation, just to be sure.

**Second** : 違う秘密 Another secret, right?

**Third** : 持ったみたい Now, this one I really have no idea :) Is it even parsed
like that? Like "Motta Mitai" being something on its own...

**Last** : 後ろめたい気分だ Ok, he's feeling guilty.

So, can someone provide explanation for these parts (specially the first and
third)? A full translation would also be desirable, to see how these things
connect.
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Long phrase translation: あの子とも違う秘密を持ったみたいで後ろめたい気分だ
You know what "後ろめたい" is, so let's concentrate on the first half.

「～みたいだ」 is "It seems ～" or "Looks like ～". 「持ったみたいだ」 can be translated as "It
seems that I had ～".

> 彼女とも違う秘密を持ったみたいだ。

This sentence is ambiguous by itself. Without any context given, I thought of
two possible interpretations:

> 彼女と`の間に`も違う秘密を持ったみたいだ。  
>  It seems that I made a different secret _also with her_.

The boy shared a secret with someone else before this. Now he
(unintentionally) created another secret with this girl, too. (Yes it's
something about triangle relationship.)

  * あの子と = with that person (girl)
  * も = also

> 彼女`の`とも違う秘密を持ったみたいだ。  
>  彼女`の秘密`とも違う秘密を持ったみたいだ。  
>  It seems that I made a secret that is _even different from her secret_.

  * Aと違うB = B which is different from A
  * も = also, even

The boy knew something about the girl's secret, and was worrying about that.
But now he feels sorry because he has another secret of his own.

* * *

And now that we have adequate amount of context given, I think the first
interpretation is more likely here, although I don't know what "the first
secret with someone else" actually is.
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