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consumed her. The man watched a moment, and then quickly turned around and picked up an extinguisher. She begged for her life, and finally, he extinguished the flames. She whimpered, the pain unbearable.
    She couldn’t make out the voice, but she heard a whisper in the background.
    ‘I need an ambulance,’ said the intruder.
    The address was given, and then phone went dead. The intruder picked up a red rose that had been placed on the coffee table and threw it beside her. The figure was out the door as if nothing happened, leaving her in unbearable pain.
    Sirens where heard in the distance, but by then she’d passed out with shock.
    ‘Oh my god!’ The paramedic covered his mouth as he smelt the human flesh.
    ‘Is she still breathing?’ asked the other.
    The woman leaned forward and heard the shallow breaths. ‘Okay let’s get her to the emergency now!’
    They worked fast, it was critical to get her to the hospital as soon as possible. There was no time for thought of how or why. Her life, and skin depended on it…
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    ‘Okay people let’s do this!’ The senior doctor shouted.
    The major crash on the motorway had become a priority.
    ‘Patterson, I need you over here now!’ shouted the doctor.
    She rushed over to the team of medics working on a man. He had a neck support, there was major swelling and bruising on his face, and had begun to seizure due to the cocaine in his blood.
    ‘Oh shit!’ She turned away and took a breather as soon as she realise the patient.
    ‘Doctor Patterson?’
    She didn’t turn.
    ‘Doctor Patterson!’
    She turned.
    ‘Is there a problem? Do you know this man?’
    ‘No, no problem and I don’t know this man.’
    ‘I need you focused! Let’s manage these seizures.’
    She put on her doctor hat and worked quickly. The doctor asked the questions, and she delivered. She had to focus on the task at hand and forget about what had happened earlier that night.
    When the seizures had calmed down, for a split second he opened his eyes and saw her.
    ‘You’re in the hospital, you had an accident.’ She told him.
    He wanted to speak, but couldn’t. Everything was happening too fast, he didn’t know whether he was dead or alive, whether the woman speaking to him was real or a dream. He was certain he’d seen her face.
    ‘Doctor Patterson, we need you over here!’ A doctor called as they wheeled in another patient.
    Crystal looked at the head doctor.
    ‘Go!’ he said, and she rushed over to the next emergency.
    ‘Thirty four year old female with third degree burns to face, and upper body…’
    The hospital was a commotion, people moved fast and tried to save the lives of those that had come to the emergency department. Each life had changed, but three lives had changed forever. Their lives had just been burnt to the ground just like that, and neither of them knew just how important they would be to each other from that point forth. Life had become real, it had become important, and two people had to survive the night to realise just how important that was!
    Chapter Three
    ‘Oh honey, you’re awake,’ Ivy cried.
    ‘Mum?’
    ‘Yes honey.’
    ‘Where am I?’ Her throat felt dry.
    ‘You’re in the hospital baby.’ She sniffed.
    ‘Hospital?’ She couldn’t move. She tried to touch her face, but all she felt were rough bandages.
    ‘Do you remember what happened?’ She gazed at her daughter all bandaged. Only her eyes, nose and mouth were revealed.
    Her mouth and nose were swollen, she could barely see out of her eyes. Her mother looked like a blurry screen.
    ‘No.’
    ‘Oh sweetie.’ It hurt her to know that someone could do this to her child.
    ‘What happened to me?’
    ‘You were burned honey. Someone set you alight.’
    Bits and pieces of that night flashed before her. She panicked and her blood pressure fell. She remembered the smell, the pain, the whisper and then it was gone. Hospital staff rushed over to her and asked Ivy to move aside. It was awhile