I woke up to my niece crying in bed beside me.
Immediately I smelled the smoke… My childhood home was on fire.
I've been raising my niece all alone ever since my firefighter brother passed away.
I jumped out of bed and grabbed her, we ran for the door but the smoke was already pouring in.
I ran over to the window but it was swollen shut, and we were three stories up with nowhere to go.
I backed us into the corner and held her tight against my chest, telling her to close her eyes and that everything would be ok.
Suddenly, the door exploded off its hinges and a firefighter rushed in and lifted us both off the floor.
He carried us outside, and my niece cried out, "I knew you’d come!"
He slowly pulled off his mask, and for a second everything stopped.
It was him.
My brother's best friend.
Holding my niece against his chest, he stepped forward and lifted my eyes to his and growled,
"I swore to your brother on the night he died. That I would always protect you."
Genre: Romance
Immediately I smelled the smoke… My childhood home was on fire.
I've been raising my niece all alone ever since my firefighter brother passed away.
I jumped out of bed and grabbed her, we ran for the door but the smoke was already pouring in.
I ran over to the window but it was swollen shut, and we were three stories up with nowhere to go.
I backed us into the corner and held her tight against my chest, telling her to close her eyes and that everything would be ok.
Suddenly, the door exploded off its hinges and a firefighter rushed in and lifted us both off the floor.
He carried us outside, and my niece cried out, "I knew you’d come!"
He slowly pulled off his mask, and for a second everything stopped.
It was him.
My brother's best friend.
Holding my niece against his chest, he stepped forward and lifted my eyes to his and growled,
"I swore to your brother on the night he died. That I would always protect you."
Genre: Romance
Used availability for Hannah Sparks's Never Forget