A Bet That Changed My Life
The wind was biting, yet he was wearing only a thin layer of clothes.
He shouted toward the phone, “Ruthie, this was a bet I made using you back then, and the loser had to jump into the lake. I know I did you wrong, so I’m giving all those wagers back to you now.”
Someone tried to stop him. “Finn, that bet was made in the middle of summer! The water’s freezing now. You can’t do this!”
Before his friends could convince him otherwise, Finn had jumped in.
I hung up at that point. I felt nothing stirring inside me. I just found it ridiculous. He wanted to prove how guilty he felt, but I had stopped caring about all of that long ago.