Napster's 100-word story for April 12, 2025

Napster wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on April 12, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The boat called me. I was suspicious, I've lived on this river for all my life but I've never seen a boat like this. The boats around here are open top, bare wood rowboats loaded with fishing poles and a bait bucket. This boat was different; the door implied a room inside, like someone lived inside and was traveling down the river. I didn't want to intrude. I sat on the riverbed for hours waiting for someone to come out. In the end, I couldn't help myself from seeing who was in that boat, but I wish I never had.

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