- 3.
Everyone exploded, staring at me with pure
hatred.
One parent yelled, “Where’s my kid? Sarah,
Where’s Ryan?”
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8:26
I opened my mouth to explain, but Ashley cut
me off.
Standing in the middle of the crowd, she
sobbed, “Sarah, how could you? You’re a
teacher! You’re so irresponsible!”
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“I begged you to save the kids, but you said you
couldn’t! You were going to let them all die!”
Her words were gasoline on a fire.
The parents lost it.
Some started crying, collapsing.
Then a man pushed through the crowd,
stepping in front of Ashley and me.
It was my husband, Mike.
Seeing him, I flashed back to the last life.
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He’d pulled out those abortion records,
accusing me of hating kids.
Now I understood everything.
I swallowed the words I was going to say.
Instead, I embraced the chaos, letting it
escalate.
I cleared my throat.
“The electrical panel was on fire. Water won’t
put it out. How could I save thirty kids by
myself?”
“Let’s be real: even if I could carry one or two
kids out, how would I choose?
“Save a couple, forget the rest? Is that fair?”
This wasn’t an excuse. This was the truth.
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8:27
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Last time, I’d risked everything to save those kids.
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I went back into that burning building again and again.
After a dozen trips, I was exhausted.
After bring out the last kid, I collapsed.
Everyone was too busy to notice.
My arms and legs were burned so badly I was paralyzed.
As a young, healthy woman, I couldn’t accept it.
But as a teacher, I was glad all my kids were safe, except for me.
But when I woke up, the parents stormed in.
They didn’t thank me. They cursed me.
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I learned that the thirty kids I’d saved didn’t
make it.
I was a hero turned villain, an arsonist.
“Sarah, I’m so disappointed!”
“Ashley told the truth, and you’re just making
excuses! You’re heartless!”
“Even if you couldn’t save everyone, you could have saved a couple!”
“Instead, you let them all die for ‘fairness‘! You
don’t care about life!”
Mike screamed, pulling out some papers and
throwing them in my face.
“You don’t even like kids! That’s why you did
it!”
“Why else would you hide three abortions from
