Chapter: Hard Talk

I had no idea what to think at this point as I watched her close the space between us. The story of the frog and scorpion crossing the river kept playing in my head and I just hoped that, that wasn’t the case with us, because despite giving its word that it wouldn’t stink the frog, it however stunk the frog while they were half way across the river and when asked why, the scorpion simply told the frog that it was its nature to stink.