Choices

The water was colder than she anticipated. Fooled by the unseasonably warm January day, she touched her fingertips to the blue water and pulled her hand back quickly. The icy droplets were refreshing yet a sharp reminder that not everything is as it appears to be at first glance.

She didn’t expect to come across this lake in the middle of nowhere. Just as the sun rose over the horizon she shrugged on her backpack, laced up her 10-year-old sneakers that weren’t really meant for anything more...