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She believed he was in love with another woainst or even think ill of

But she believed wrong

He had loved Nina In some ways, he still loved her and alould But he wasn’t in love with her When he’d stopped and the guilt over their argument, over the strain on his relationship with Charles, had taken over, he wasn’t sure Years ago Perhaps even before she’d died, although he’d not realized it at the tiht up in the idea of being in love with Nina that he’d not let himself see the truth

Until Sarah had forced him to see the truth

In such a short time she’d come into his life and turned his whole world upside down

Made everything brighter, clearer, better

“Man, watch what you are doing,” Roger warned, when Jude reached for a doorithout checking it first with the ther camera “Don’t open that until we knohat’s behind it”

Yeah, he knew that

He also knew he needed to get his brain in gear until they got out of this death trap Being distracted wasn’t doing Roger or him any favors

He checked the door for heat, deteret to the known trapped elderly couple and check for any additional trapped victi low, he opened the door and they made their way into the smoke-filled hallway

Knohich apartency coer made their way there as quickly as possible Their door was unlocked, but the woman had wisely stuffed towels around the floor, which helped keep the s the door more difficult

Time was of the essence

Jude used his shoulder, and shoved hard against the door It gave and he went flying into the room Quickly, they located the elderly couple hunched in a bathtub and cleared a path to them

The et the him back into the apartotten him into the tub She’d pushed towels up around the doorway, trying to keep the s they were probably going to burn alive

A hellish feeling for sure