Chapter 49

Misfortune Loomed On

Upon catching sight of her mother, Kate ran in the whistling wind and hugged her mother. The hug seemed to be eternal as Mrs. Fanny pecked her on the chin, and they swirled to behold the fire fighters splash water on the fire which made a huge crackling and popping noise.

“Did any harm come to you?” Ken asked.

And Kate noticed him. “No,” Kate whispered, flinching slightly as the fire roared at one of the firefighters who kept splashing water fervently into the flame.

“How did it happen?” Mrs. Fanny asked.

Kate was fast asleep, unaware of the evil that lurked; she left her ghetto blaster on and blazing sonorously in her studio. The master minder had initiated the fire in the kitchen, a few inches from the gas pipe. After so long a flame the fume choked her and woke her up. As she made to the sitting room, to behold the cloud of tar smoke and fire snapping through, she reached for her phone, confused and fidgety. The roaring fire faze