Good story, making an excellent point in my opinion. Nitpicks: I’m having trouble parsing the 1st sentence of the 2nd paragraph. It seems a word or too short, and the commas look wrong. Also, in the final sentence of the piece, either “I am too cowardly” or “I am too much of a coward”.

Thanks, namesake! Did the corrections.

I don’t understand why this story is applicable to this challenge? How is it a “secret fantasy”?

Because in my fantasy I am this person who doesn’t care, but in reality I care, that’s why I didn’t carry it out.