When I was fourteen, my best friend Hannah invited me to sleep over.
\nHer father seemed distant all evening. He barely spoke during dinner, and I assumed he simply didn\u2019t like having teenagers in the house.
\nAround two in the morning, Hannah was asleep, but I couldn\u2019t settle down.
\nThat\u2019s when I noticed a tiny blinking light high on a shelf.
\nI looked closer.
\nIt appeared to be a camera.
\nMy stomach dropped.
\nWithout waking Hannah, I grabbed a blanket and covered it.<\/p>\n
Less than five minutes later, her bedroom door opened.
\nHer dad rushed inside.
\n\u201cWhat did you cover that for?\u201d he demanded.
\nI immediately started crying and told him I wanted to call my parents.
\nHis expression changed.
\nThen Hannah woke up and explained everything.
\nShe had a medical condition that sometimes caused seizures while she slept.
\nThe camera wasn\u2019t recording us for entertainment. It was part of a monitoring system connected to an alert in her parents\u2019 room so they could check on her if unusual movement was detected.
\nHer dad immediately apologized for frightening me.
\nHe showed me the monitor and called my mother himself so she knew what had happened.
\nI stayed the rest of the night.
\nYears later, I still remember that moment\u2014not because my fear was silly, but because asking questions before assuming the worst can completely change what something means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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