What if a secret is kept too long?

It depends on the situation , because it could be a good thing or a bad thing. For instance if someone told you that they wanted to hurt them self and told you too keep it a secret and a few months down the line they killed themselves and it could have been prevented if you would have told someone. Or if someone stole something that was really needed and that person died because of it. You could have told someone and the world could've put one more bad person away.