Hidden agenda

Related to misunderstood characters.....

Sometimes a good way of building suspense in a scene is to make it appear as if characters, or even other things, have a secret. It's easy to descend into melodrama again using this technique. You don't want to cause blunt force head trauma by beating the reader to death with “There's a secret! A secret, I said!” Being able do this subtly, and yet still create the right level of suspense shows skill.

So here's the challenge: Write a scene with a secret. Remember, it isn't just characters that have secrets. An object, a pet, a place can all hold secrets. Showing that something inanimate or inarticulate has a secret may even be harder that skillfully showing a character with a secret, so bonus if you choose this for your challenge entry.

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