And he also created a magical atmosphere of trust between us by confessing his secret, which was that, as a very young boy starting at age four, he had been savagely and repeatedly physically abused by his stepfather, and the abuse had gotten so bad that he had had to drop out of school in eighth grade, even though he was very smart, and he'd spent almost 20 years rebuilding his life.
E ele também criou um ambiente mágico de confiança entre nós ao confessar seu segredo, que, desde os 4 anos de idade, ele foi repetidamente agredido fisicamente por seu padrasto e a agressão era tanta que ele deixou a escola no oitavo ano, mesmo sendo muito inteligente, e ele levou quase 20 anos refazendo a vida.