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“I have to find them,” she insisted. “I have to get there. Let me out… let meout!”
It took Justin wrapping his arms around her body to keep her from crawling over me and Becca, but I was pretty sure she wasn’t going to give up without a fight.
I wouldn’t have.
I looked over at what was left of the house again, and my heart hurt. I wanted to reassure her. I wanted to tell her everything was going to be okay—that her guys had probably somehow made it out safely.
But just looking at the house, I couldn’t see how anyone who had been in there might have made it out without being hurt… if they’d made it out at all.
As we watched, the fire seemed to swell, the flames on the second story seemed to shoot higher, and then there was a blast so loud it shook the truck and made my ears pop.
The only other sound I could hear was Janessa screaming as what was left of the house went up in a ball of fire.
I squeezed my eyes shut, but I couldn’t keep the tears from falling.
I covered my mouth, but I couldn’t stop the screaming.
Oh,God.
The house was gone.
