english: 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.
non_english: Med nama je tudi ustvaril čarobno atmosfero zaupanja, ko je povedal svojo skrivnost, ki je bila, da ga je že kot majhnega fantka pri štirih letih večkrat in surovo fizično zlorabil njegov pastor in da je zloraba postala tako huda,  da je v osmem razredu moral pustiti šolo, čeprav je bil zelo pameten, in da je približno 20 let ponovno gradil svoje življenje.