["I dented my dad's car when I was 18 and I still haven't told him the truth about it.", 'What did you tell him that happened?', "I said my brother did it.  He was gone at college by that point so he couldn't get to him, but he was so angry that I couldn't tell him it was me."]
Didn't he call and ask your brother?
I dented my dad's car when I was 18 and I still haven't told him the truth about it.