Can you remember your first girlfriend or boyfriend? Collateral Damages, Kept Secrets was inspired by the love of two teenagers who fell madly in love with each other for the first time, finding solace in each other's arms. This first love changed heartbeats and dominated all conversations. But both hid secrets, hoping their intense love for one another would withstand becoming collateral damage each had to encounter secretly in their lives. One saw their collateral ridiculed and physical abuse and the other damaged by rape, incest, and mental abuse. This innocent love eventually succumbed to low self-esteem, which destroyed their teenage love affair. One is torn between love, loyalty, and a lie. And the other is forced to live with the demons of their past for the rest of their life. The tragedies and separation of the two teenage lovers shared by telling their story in Collateral Damages, Kept Secrets conveys. The ex-couple dares to revisit those times, the ugly memories, and the pain locked in the recesses of their minds.
