Secret Shame

Once upon a time, long, long ago, I was out with a schoolmate and we were very far from home. In order to get home quickly, for we were already late for dinner, we decided to hitchhike. The man who picked us up had other interests for little boys, and when he did drop us off, we had him do so a few blocks from home. We knew something was wrong, though we weren't sure what, and we didn't want him to know where we lived.