When she remembered Hannah's hesitant and stunned expression when she told her that she was going to stay at home just now, Madeline was sure she was acting.

Madeline knew her purpose.

“Linnie, have you ever heard of this story?” Jeremy asked suddenly.

Madeline looked into the man's eyes curiously. “What story?”

“It's the story of a frog carrying a scorpion to cross a river.”

When Jeremy said that, Madeline understood immediately.

She knew the story, and she knew what Jeremy wanted to expr