Chapter 24: CarlOh, how quickly we can forget a lover's transgressions.
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The ride back to the warehouse district was shorter than Scarlett expected. She got off the autobus at a stop just a few blocks from the apartment.
From the moment the folding doors opened and the faint acrid smell wafted to her, she knew something was wrong. Her feet set down on the concrete sidewalk and she froze. Neil!
Scarlett burst into a run. She sprinted down the street and around the corner. Still more than a block away, she glanced up and saw the black plumes. Red and blue pulsing lights highlighted the smoke.
She rounded the final corner and skidded to a halt. Where Neil's warehouse once stood, now there was only a tower of flame and smoke. Fire crews struggled against the blaze. She watched as one
