My little sister was only seven.
She survived because I went back inside for her.
I still remember carrying her out.
She was crying, coughing, and holding onto me so tightly that I could barely breathe.
After that night, there was no time to grieve properly.
There was Vicky.
And there was me.
I became her sole guardian.
I had been accepted into my dream college, but I put those plans on hold.
Instead, I took two jobs.