Chapter 7. Flames

“Excuse me! Zanita…” I yelled loudly.

I didn’t hear a reply though.

“Anybody out there? Is something burning?!” I tried again.

Still, there was no reply. Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong. It’s too quiet and the smell of something burning was getting stronger. The dress I had on was slightly on the tight side and I started wriggling out of it so that I could change back to my original outfit. However, something caught my eye that changed my plans immediately.

I gasped as I saw smoke coming in through the cracks in the dressing room door. There’s a fire?!

This can’t be happening. Now that I can see smoke, the smell of something or everything burning got stronger than ever. Was the boutique really on fire? Where is everyone else?

Truth be told, I had absolutely no idea what to do in an event of a fire. I’m supposed to get low and avoid breathing in the smoke, is that right? It wasn’t like I had any water to pour on myself. Was that