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The rain washed out the streets of Glenoak as a big storm was passing through. Lucy sat on the couch in her apartment reading a magazine. Worry rushed through her as Kevin was an hour later than he was expected to be back with the kids. He had taken them to a movie, Lucy had to work until the middle of the movie, so she decided to go home after work. She read the same sentence over a few times without noticing until the ringing of the phone brought her out of her trance. She hesitated before picking it up, praying it wasn't a message she would regret.
" Hello, may I speak to Lucy Camden?" the voice on the other line said with no emotion.
" Speaking," Lucy replied, as her breathing shallowed.
" I'm sorry, but there has been an accident," the voice stated.
" No," Lucy choked, dropping the phone.
Lucy's heart skipped a beat as she was woken up by the ringing of the phone. It took her a few seconds to notice she had just been dreaming. Remembering the dream, she just stared at the phone and let it ring. She finally, slowly picked up the phone.
"Hello," she answered, her voice slightly shaking.
" Hey Luce," Kevin's voice answered back.
Lucy gave out a sigh of relief after hearing his voice.
"What's up? Why are you guys so late?", she questioned.
" The rain looked pretty bad, so we decided not to leave and wait for it to let up. We're watching another movie, I'll call you when it's done," Kevin said.
" Ok, talk to you later," Lucy said before hanging the phone up.
She sat back down on the couch and closed her eyes, wondering how much different her life had gotten since she had moved. She owed it all to Kevin, once again he had rescued her when she had started stripping and she was thankful for him.
The next day was a colder one. Kevin and Lucy were both off, so they decided to take the kids to a hiking trail on a small mountain. They brought snacks and had a fun day in the outdoors. Soon fall would be there and Dylan would be starting school.
They were on their way home from the hiking trails, when they got stuck in a big line of traffic. After waiting 20 minutes they were able to finally move ahead. About to turn off to go to their apartment building, they noticed that the street was blocked. When they looked into the sky they had a feeling they knew why. Black smoke was spreading across the sky. Kevin pulled over and told them to wait in the car, he was going to find out how long they would have to wait until they could go back home.
After about ten minutes Kevin returned, a worried look on his face. He got in the car and sat there for a moment, just staring ahead.
"Well?.." Lucy questioned him, waiting for any kind of answer.
Kevin took a deep breath.
"It's our building that's on fire. A room two doors down from us caught fire earlier this afternoon. It spread quickly. Three floors are pretty much ruined now. Our apartment being in that range." Kevin finished, a blank stare on his face.
Lucy sunk back in her seat as the information sunk in.
Maddy and Dylan stared at the adults, worry over their face, not sure exactly what was happening.
"What are we going to do?" Lucy said quietly.
" We'll figure something out. Ben is on duty, I didn't get to talk to him because he was at the south side of the building watering it down. Another fire fighter told me that in two days they are going to go into the burnt apartments and check if anything is still useable. For our apartment I doubt there will be much if anything," Kevin explained to Lucy.
Tears started to form in Maddy's eyes.
"Are all my toys gone?" she cried.
No answer came, as everyone knew already knew it, but still having some hope that it wasn't true.
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