NALANI
~PRESENT HOUR~
Almost as quickly as Keith and I arrive at the scene, a truck of firefighters does too, and they immediately get to work on reducing the blaze. Daniel’s entire building is covered in angry red flames, but my heart is already broken, for many reasons.
Daniel was stuck inside the burning building, and there hasn’t been any sign of life from within it for minutes. My heart isn’t broken because I still love Daniel, but because I once did, and even if we have our battle, he is still loved in some way and by someone—Amanda, for one.
Amanda hasn’t listened to anyone who has tried to take her away from this devastating scene. She has been wailing, but most of it has been filled with curses for me and my unborn generations, because ‘this is my fault’. Even when I tried to
