Second Chance, Same Choice
Language: en
The acrid smell of smoke was the first thing that hit me, jolting me back to a nightmare I’d already lived. I was home. And the house was on fire. This time, I noticed something I’d missed before. The front door had been locked from the outside. He had locked me in. He had taken the entire fire crew with him, up into the mountains, to search for her. His long-lost love, his old flame. The fire crept closer, its heat a living thing, forcing me onto the balcony. I knew what came next. Last time, in this exact moment, I had called him, begging for help. He had rejected the call to save her…