He was a firefighter. The kind who never hesitated, never stepped back when someone needed help. The kind who kissed our son goodbye every morning like it was a promise he’d return.
But on that night, he didn’t.
There had been an apartment fire across town. Everyone thought the building had been cleared until someone heard a little girl crying on the second floor.
She was eight years old.
The same age as our son, Andrew.
My husband ran back inside without even stopping to think.