Chasing the Fire (Backdraft, Fully Involved, Flashover)
“He damn well couldn’t be in charge of the Christmas party to raise money for the kids who attended Hale’s Haven, the summer camp for children of slain firefighters and police officers. He hated Christmas and anything to do with the holiday.
Parker Allen Erikson, chic and slim, who’d come up with this harebrained idea, smiled at the firefighters assembled in her office at headquarters. “Don’t look so grim.
You’ll have help.”
Mumbles from all fifteen officers of House 7, who’d been required by th...e brass to participate.
When everybody had drawn a straw, she said, “All right, look.”
Fucking son of a bitch. The little—littlest for sure—straw nestled in Nick’s palm.
“Hey, Evans got it.” This from one of the female officers.
“Yes!” a captain called out.
“Good for you, Nick,” another joked.
Nobody wanted to do the extra work for the party, but that wasn’t why Nick dreaded winning this particular lottery. So much more was wrong with his involvement with anything to do with Christmas.MoreLess
Parker Allen Erikson, chic and slim, who’d come up with this harebrained idea, smiled at the firefighters assembled in her office at headquarters. “Don’t look so grim.
You’ll have help.”
Mumbles from all fifteen officers of House 7, who’d been required by th...e brass to participate.
When everybody had drawn a straw, she said, “All right, look.”
Fucking son of a bitch. The little—littlest for sure—straw nestled in Nick’s palm.
“Hey, Evans got it.” This from one of the female officers.
“Yes!” a captain called out.
“Good for you, Nick,” another joked.
Nobody wanted to do the extra work for the party, but that wasn’t why Nick dreaded winning this particular lottery. So much more was wrong with his involvement with anything to do with Christmas.MoreLess
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