Dad's POV- Deborah is tossing and turning in the room and I'm getting worried that this affected her worse than I thought. I am going to see the house in an hour and I'm going to go with Carina.
Debbie's POV- I'm in the hotel room and am sleeping on the bed all of sudden I smell smoke. I wake up and the whole wall is in fire. I scream and run out. I sit up quickly sweating... I look at the wall and it looks perfectly fine. I look down at Kelly and peaches. That are fine too. I get up and look out the window. The car is gone dad must've gone to look at the house. I go to bathroom and take a shower.
Carina's POV- We pull up to the house and the house side of the house is damaged. There's a hole in the roof and the outside of the house is covered in black. The windows are broken and my kids room is completely melted.We walk in through the broken door and inside is completely altered. The living room is ruined the ceiling in broken in and you can see the sky the couch is burned. The pictures on the wall are rolled from the heat the mirror is broken. The TV oddly is perfectly fine so are all the movies. The kitchen looks as though nothing happened. The hallway is falling apart there are wires hanging and the hallway closet is sealed shut from being melted. The kids room is completely destroyed and to think this could've been my kid's death beds.... My room looks fine. My bed is still there the only damage was the water from the fire fighters. My iPad is perfectly fine and still works. My clothes in the drawer are fine. But the ones in the closet are toast. My dad walks in and tells me the other side only has smoke damage and then just stops talking as he sees my home and my ghostly pale face with tears. He comes time and hugs me and tells me that everyone survived and that only material things were damaged. I nod and we walk out together, get in the car and drive back to the motel.
Debbie's POV- The car pulls back into the parking lot. I look at my sister. She is pale and has dry tears on her face. I run out and hug her. She smiles small and tells me everything she saw. At the end I gasp and turn pale. She then tells me that without my courage to think straight and get her kids to safety they wouldn't be here. I smile and we hug and walk back to our spot by the road and just sit there.
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Surviving The Flames
Short StoryHere I will tell you the true story of July 16. The night that changed my life.