Gambling On Love (Travis Series)
“A cold fear swept through her. They were still a few miles from her house but she could already see the faint glow of the fire.
“Sam,” she croaked “I know,” he replied grimly, pressing down on the accelerator.
The hope she’d been clinging to that it was the outdoor theater engulfed in flames and not her beautiful beach house, died a few minutes later. Smoke billowed from the shattered windows as the firefighters worked to douse the raging fire, but it was already too late to salvage any... part of it. Beth was too shocked at the moment to even cry but when Sam pulled down the driveway and stopped behind the fire trucks, a painful sob ripped from her throat. She was out the door before Sam could hold her back.
She heard Sam call out her name but ignored him; she had to see it for herself. Beth rounded the fire trucks, the sight of her home slowly being annihilated hitting her square in the chest. With an anguished cry, she fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands as the roof collapsed, a sizeable chunk of her heart going up in smoke with it.MoreLess
“Sam,” she croaked “I know,” he replied grimly, pressing down on the accelerator.
The hope she’d been clinging to that it was the outdoor theater engulfed in flames and not her beautiful beach house, died a few minutes later. Smoke billowed from the shattered windows as the firefighters worked to douse the raging fire, but it was already too late to salvage any... part of it. Beth was too shocked at the moment to even cry but when Sam pulled down the driveway and stopped behind the fire trucks, a painful sob ripped from her throat. She was out the door before Sam could hold her back.
She heard Sam call out her name but ignored him; she had to see it for herself. Beth rounded the fire trucks, the sight of her home slowly being annihilated hitting her square in the chest. With an anguished cry, she fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands as the roof collapsed, a sizeable chunk of her heart going up in smoke with it.MoreLess
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