Escaping With Eve
The only obstacle was crossing a river.
Eve stared at me, her eyes full of helplessness. "But I don’t know how to swim."
I lowered my gaze and whispered, "I’ve hidden a small boat in the cornfield. When the lantern ceremony begins the day after tomorrow, we’ll sneak away and escape."
The old fishing boat had been discarded by a fisherman in the village, left abandoned in the fields. I had secretly repaired it and stashed it in the cornfield when no one was watching.
Eve’s eyes lit up.
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