If Love Is a Sudden Storm, It Crushes the Heart

During a game of truth or dare, my cousin, six months pregnant, got picked. My wife's childhood sweetheart posed the challenge. "You dare to climb that tree?" Refuse, and she had to down three drinks. But a pregnant woman couldn't drink. And a pregnant woman climbing a tree... Meeting my cousin's pleading eyes, I looked to my wife. "Maybe we should just let this one go?" Instead, she spoke without a flicker of feeling.