Chapter 60 - 2013
Michael and Lucy took the Agios Silas exit with a sick, worried feeling in the pit of their stomachs. The smoke rising in the distance made the fire real. They drove in dreadful deafening silence.
Fire engines and police cars parked haphazardly attested to the devastating catastrophe. The firefighters were pumping water into the building. Flames were still shooting out of the window, and smoke was billowing out of the eaves.
Michael and Lucy looked about them utterly shocked. She shook her head in disbelief. “Oh, Michael, I’m so sorry! Is there anything I can do?”
“Help me clean up the mess when they let us in?” he said lightly, but Lucy sensed the strain behind his smile.
“Mr. Costa?” A man in civilian clothes approached them.
“Yes?”
He introduced himself as the i
