Chapter 46

Cruelest Swimming Lesson

“I haven’t promised anything yet, but show me the draft when it’s done, and I will talk with the board members,” Scott said, then he beckoned Brianna over. “Come, jump in.”

Brianna shook her head and retreated. “I’m scared of water.”

“Scared? Why?”

“I had a terrible fever once when I was little. It was because I stayed outdoors playing with water in the cold winter. My parents said it took me almost one month to recover, and since then, they never allowed me to go into the water again.”

Scott listened while recalling the scene when the little girl was trying to save him and fell into the water herself. “How old were you? And where was it?”

Brianna shook her head. “I can’t remember.”

Usually, people can remember what happened at about five years old. She must be too young then if she can’t remember at all.