Compromise

Esong walked closer to the flowing river and she followed him. She tried to get around him, hoping that he would look into her eyes and see her as she was now and not the woman that used to be there. 

As she tried to get around him, she slipped on a small trail of mud. Her left foot went out first, pulling the rest of her body with it and gravity did the rest because she almost fell down. She would have fallen into the water if he did not grab her by the back of her shirt and lift her up. 

While he did save her, Scarlet was not a fun of the way he was lifting her up. It was similar to a small kitten being carried  in the mouth of it's mother.  Adler too had carried her this way once. Why did they keep lifting her up in the air with one arm as if she weighed nothing? 

"Be careful." Esong told her. 

"Hehe," she laughed, "Can you put me down now?" she asked him.