My mind shut down. I closed my eyes tightly and shook my head trying to clear away the words I had just heard. I couldn't respond. My head was buzzing, and I was engulfed in pain as I tried to sort through the thoughts that were racing through my mind. How could I conceivably absorb the news I had just heard? How was this possible? How could I have been so deceived? I had lived through so much abuse and even twenty-five years after his death he was still able to reduce me to such a helpless state. The silence was broken. "I thought you knew," he said. "How could I have known?" I asked him. My...