When I was 13, I stole cash from my mother's purse to buy a game. My parents discovered the money was missing and suspected my older sister because she had recently asked for money to go out with friends. She denied it, but my father didn't believe her.
She was punished for a week. I watched it happen and stayed silent. I'm 31 now, and she is one of my closest friends. I've apologized to her for many childhood fights, but never for this because she doesn't even know. Sometimes the things you regret most aren't huge crimes; they're moments when you discovered exactly how cowardly you could be.