Choosing to Step Forward
When part of the twelfth floor collapsed inward, Ethan screamed. Richard’s security team scrambled, but nothing worked.
Still, the crowd remained frozen.
Except Aisha.
Clutching her baby close, she pushed through the barricade. An officer tried to stop her, but she shouted, “I can get in through the stairwell! Let me through!”
The man hesitated, staring at her in disbelief. The door was open, smoke spilling out—yet no one had dared to enter.
“She’s crazy,” someone muttered.
But Aisha didn’t stop. She covered Layla’s face with her jacket and disappeared into the burning building.
