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from the building on his left. Jumping over to Susan’s roof, he quickly dashed to the rear of the building and located the vertical ladder that led to the 2 nd floor fire escape. Rushing down the fire escape, arriving on the second floor, he noticed the brownstones small patio area had no exit that he could see.
     
    Nick thought, Looks like I’m leaving the way I came in.
     
                  Without wasting any more time he turned around, took off his jacket and wrapped it around his right arm and fist. He broke the window and cleared out any excess glass so no one would suffer any wounds on the way out. Nick made his way to the front bedroom, passing by the staircase where the flames were already making their entrance to the second floor. Already coughing himself, he found Susan unconscious on the floor by the open window she had screamed from.
     
                  Quickly pulling the blanket from her bed, Nick turned on the bathroom shower to wet the blanket. Covering himself and Susan in the blanket for protection, Nick carried her down the hallway to the back bedroom and exited through the fire escape. Carefully placing Susan on his back to free his left arm, he pulled himself up the vertical ladder safely making their way up to Susan’s rooftop. Laying her down on the adjoining building’s rooftop ledge, he then hopped over easily and placed Susan back on his back as he made his way down the staircase and safely to street level.
     
                  Exiting the building, he saw a number of the neighborhood residents already on the street. Crossing the other side of the street, Nick gently laid Susan down on the sidewalk pavement. Squeezing out the water from the bed sheet, he folded it into a small pillow, lifted her head, slid the pillow under to support her head and neck then lowered her. He checked for vitals and let out a sigh when he sensed her pulse. Nick couldn’t help but notice how beautiful the woman was but when he noticed the engagement ring on her finger, he immediately refocused on what he was doing.
     
    Nick voiced into the crowd. “Was the fire called in?”
     
    “Yeah. Yes.” A number of people responded.
     
    Knowing that his engine company would respond to this call, he hoped the ambulance would arrive first. Nick truly didn’t want Captain Miller any more reason to change his indefinite suspension to permanent.
     
    Although Susan wasn’t responding, Nick said softly to her, “I won’t leave you until the ambulance gets here.”
     
    Nick couldn’t help but think how lucky this lady was that he was walking by when he did. Very lucky! And some of that luck spilled onto Nick as he heard the familiar sound of an ambulance nearing the scene.
     
    “They’ll most like take her to Norwegian American Hospital since it’s the closest in the neighborhood. Nick remembered that the hospital was closer to his house than him walking all the way home from where he was now. He thought, would be nice if the EMS Techs will let me hitch a ride with them to the hospital, being not too far from home.”
     
     
     

Chapter 8
     
     
    Susan was dreaming. She was dreaming of her dead father who seemed just the same age from the last photo they took together when she was a little girl. However in the dream, Susan was still her current age.
     
    Her father said, “Susan, I’m so proud of you and how beautiful you’ve grown to be.”
     
    The sound of her father’s voice vibrated her very being with such serenity and joy, she can feel the love coming from him like a warm blanket wrapped around her.
     
    She hugged him tightly and said, “I’ve missed you, daddy! I’ve missed you so much!”
     
    She released him from her hug and grabbed his hands, starring at his hazel eyes. “It’s so good to see you after so many years!”
     
    “It’s good to see you too. More good things are coming your way.”
     
    “What good things daddy?”
     
    “Oh! Wonderful things!