True Love Waits

Chapter 608 Please Be Safe

Blair followed Wesley's gaze. She saw that a crowd had gathered around an apartment building. They were all looking up at something.

Before she could figure out what happened, Wesley suddenly sped up, heading straight into the parking lot in front, and yanked the wheel to get the car to stop faster.

He was there in no time flat.

"Wait for me!" he told Blair. With that, he unfastened his seatbelt, opened the car door and sprang out in one swift move.

Before she knew it, he had left the car and disappeared into the crowd.

Once she unbuckled, she was able to get to a better vantage point. Watching from the car window, Blair realized that it must be something urgent.

Instantly, she opened the door and jumped out of the car as well. But... "Ouch!" She almost sprained her ankle. His car was really high off the ground. She paused a moment to make sure she was okay. It dawned on her this was the first time she had gotten out of Wesley's car without his help.

But she didn't have the time to care about that. She slammed the door behind her and rushed towards the crowd.

People there were talking about what was going on, and that was when she finally knew. She raised her head to look at what was causing all the fuss. In the dim lights, she saw a little kid sitting on the balcony of the thirteenth floor, crying. The neighbors said it was a two-year-old boy.

The neighbors had knocked on the boy's apartment door for several minutes, but no one answered. They guessed that the kid was home alone. The boy walked to the balcony to look for his parents and then climbed onto the windowsill. It was dangerous since the balcony had no bars, nothing to stop him from falling. The kid could fall at any moment.

Someone had already called the police, but they hadn't arrived yet. Blair looked around, scanning for Wesley, and saw him rush inside the building.

Blair wanted to follow, but the crowd was thick, and they weren't interested in letting anyone through. After all, everyone had a hard-won vantage point, so naturally they weren't going to let anyone else take it. Not that she would stay there...but they didn't know that.

She knew Wesley was hard at work saving people again.

She decided to wait for him in the crowd. He needed to concentrate or someone would die.

Blair saw a figure appear on the balcony of the fourteenth floor, right over the boy. Her heart leapt to her throat. The crowd erupted in cheers when

came from the windows on either side of the boy made it worse. Apparently no one lived there.

saw Wesley clutch at the edge of the balcony with his hands and step on the air-conditioning unit jutting

somebody is saving that kid. It's that soldier. He asked us what

I can't see what he looks like, but he's as sure-footed as a

hope he

bless the child and

the boy step by step along the narrow edge. She anxiously prayed

at the complex. After a quick assessment of the situation, a few fire fighters rushed into the building with their tools on their

of the crowd, and they collectively

but shriek in anxiety

solider approaching him. When Wesley could almost reach out and touch him, the boy suddenly stood up on the windowsill, waving to the big hero.

boy could become street pizza. One hand clutching the window frame, he bent forward and caught the boy's arm with his other hand just in

breath, hearts beating fast. The boy's hysterical wailing echoed through the block, making the

She suddenly realized that Wesley was truly a soldier, and he'd

was in danger too. Half of his body hung in the air, thirteen stories up. One hand was on the

so she could fly

the door and was able to enter the apartment. They rushed over to the

excitement. Blair heaved a deep sigh of relief, feeling

his clothes were black with soot and who knew what else. Some people took out their phones, wanting pictures of the big hero. But Wesley merely held

for him in the vehicle, he looked around. Just as he turned, a woman

softness of her body, he asked in a hushed voice, "Wh-what... What's up? You okay?" This unexpected

her beloved hero. She

helped him dust off. Wesley looked down and found his coat was

dirty. He took his coat