02/05/2026
I was thinking about him. Silas Sterling. The man who owned the penthouse. The man who wore $5,000 suits and complained if our trash cans were left out too long. I knew exactly where he was right now—probably on his private terrace, waiting for a helicopter, or already gone, leaving us peasants to burn. He had spent the last six months trying to evict us to turn the building into luxury condos. He didn't care about human life; he cared about equity.
I reached the 8th-floor landing. The heat was unbearable. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face.
"Mom!" I screamed, stumbling toward our door.
Then, a shadow emerged from the wall of black smoke. A figure. Tall. Coughing violently.
I froze.
It was Silas. His Italian suit was shredded. His face was black with soot. And in his arms, cradled like a child, was my mother. He wasn't running away. He had come down from safety to get her.
He looked at me, his eyes bloodshot and wild, and collapsed to his knees...
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