Ch 5: Oh No

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Back in our hotel room, I get ready for bed. I light a candle and continue reading The Secret-

“GABBI CALISTA LYNCH! COME HERE RIGHT NOW!”

Ma’s voice startles me and I drop the candle. My book catches on fire. Boiling-hot wax drips onto my hand, and I drop the book. The bed covers then catch on fire, along with the book. I stare into the flames, hypnotized. I had never seen a wild fire before. The fire spreads, crawls down the bed frame, and burns carpet and various furniture. The fire creeps up the wall and the ceiling bursts into flames, revealing rafters. One of the rafters falls and hits my leg, breaking my concentration. I then proceed to scream.

“MA! THE ROOM IS ON FIRE!”

“GABBI! THE DOOR IS LOCKED!”

“I- I- I CAN’T MOVE! THERE’S A PIECE OF WOOD ON MY LEG!!”

My lungs burn. My arms and legs start burning. I don’t notice my hair start to singe at the ends. I feel like I’m trapped in an oven.

Is this my fate? To die in this hotel? I suppose I would just be another ghost of Traymore Hotel-turned-Traymore Hospital.

No.

No. No. No.

I’m not going to die.

I hear Ma’s distant screams for me. I hear a siren. I feel myself start to black out. A rafter falls and hits my head.

I officially pass out.

Author Note

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Word Count: 240

-Mira

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