CHAPTER 93

OLIVIA

I watched in horror as Marcus fell backwards, Ethan hiding behind the door and crawling away with Samuel. Grandma Susan falling next to Marcus and defining screams of Lupita. The door closed, I was not sure If I was the one who closed it, or Lupita did.

Everything was happening so fast that I couldn’t register who was doing what. Ethan came back still with my son in his arms. “Let’s go around the back, come on!” he yelled but I couldn’t leave Marcus and Grandma Susan. I didn’t want them to burn to death. I couldn’t even tell if grandma was still alive, but Marcus was.

But he was losing a lot of blood. He has too many holes on him that I didn’t know which one to put pressure on. It didn’t help that the fire was getting closer, smoke filled the house and the heat from the fire was unbearable. “Come on, Olivia, go get into the car and I will help Marcus.” Ethan shouted.

I looked around, Lupita and grandma were no longer in the house. I didn’t know when they left, my focus was on M