ShawnA few weeks later…
I knew Anthony was going to be very hurt and very angry with me. I had made a major decision without him and it was going to be tough to get him to understand. We had already “discussed” my moving up in my company or changing my position so I got to do something different. Actually he talked and I just sat back and let him rant. I knew why he was so against me doing anything that would further put my life in jeopardy and I had reminded him once or twice that he knew what my job was before we started going out.
I had been a fireman now for almost nine years and in all that time I had only had three close calls and we had lost two unit members.
Realistically you have more chance of being mugged or run over but I just couldn’t convince Anthony of that. The longer we
