{"id":1457,"date":"2026-09-12T05:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T05:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:38:03","slug":"every-night-my-grandfather-secretly-took-me-to-his-room-but-when-my-mother-found-out-why-he-was-doing-it-she-couldnt-stand-it-and-burst-into-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEvery night my grandfather secretly took me to his room\u2026 But when my mother found out why he was doing it, she couldn\u2019t stand it and burst into tears.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My 76-year-old father secretly took my 8-year-old daughter to his room every evening \u2014 but when I finally opened the door, I froze at the sight of what I saw\u2026<\/p>\n<p>At first, I didn\u2019t pay much attention to it.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of his husband, my father moved in with us. He loved Emily, read her bedtime stories and spent a lot of time with her.<\/p>\n<p>But I soon noticed a strange pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Every night around nine he said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmily, it\u2019s time for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My daughter put the toys down and followed him.<\/p>\n<p>The door was closing.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes they were even locked.<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Every time I asked what they were doing, my father would simply say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re just having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But one evening, I heard him say through the door:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t tell Mom yet. If he finds out now, the surprise will be broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily quietly replied:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-post-navigation\">\n<div>To continue reading, click Next<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 76-year-old father secretly took my 8-year-old daughter to his room every evening \u2014 but when I finally opened the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitchensecrets.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}