No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Everyone scattered in panic.

I grabbed Susie's hand, trying to follow the crowd towards higher ground.

But the floodwaters were faster than our legs could carry us. Susie and I hadn't reached safety when the deluge overtook us. "Licia, Licia..." Susie cried out in terror.

Fear gripped me too, but fear wouldn't save us. By luck, there was a flagpole base not far from us, and I pulled Susie towards it.

Just as I managed to lift Susie onto it, the floodwaters reached me, sweeping me away before I could climb up myself. The force was overwhelming.

Miraculously, I caught hold of something, clinging to it desperately to keep my head above water, to avoid drowning.

"Licia, Licia..." Susie's cries continued, hugging the flagpole, bawling.

Debris carried by the flood battered against me... At that moment, I felt no pain, no cold from the water, only an endless fear.

Life's unpredictability became all too real; never had I imagined facing such a catastrophe.

"Licia, Licia," Susie kept calling.

I couldn't afford to look back at her. As long as she held on, she'd be safe until help arrived.

to focus on saving

was submerged, turning the streets into a

voice faintly reached me. She must've called

was the furthest thing from my mind. I only

did. Susie

so sorry, this is all my

weary to comfort her. I was soaked,

water but knives

heard

gear, standing tall

to him, "She... she saved me and almost got swept away herself." Ernest's

to come

then back at Susie, "Are

I felt a chill colder than the

Susie

ook her head,

down her face, "I'm

me to safety. I'm

check on