Chapter 71

“Fire!” Somebody screamed, sending the entire company into chaos as people rushed to escape the building.

The elevators were not an option. As they hurried down the stairs, they soon realized the fire had reached the fourth floor. Thick smoke filled the stairwell, obscuring their vision and making it difficult to breathe.

Forced to retreat, they returned to their office on the eighth floor, gasping for air.

Meanwhile, Pearl didn’t join the frantic rush downstairs. When she turned around, she found Richard behind her, holding two

wet towels.

“Use this so you won’t inhale the smoke.”

dialed 911 and raised her voice to address the anxious crowd, “Calm down. Panicking won’t help. Anyway, we may be in danger, so listen to me if you

looked to Pearl

and cover your mouths and noses. Drench your clothes as well to protect against burns and to keep cool. We’ll line up and descend the stairs in an orderly manner. Don’t huddle together. If the fire becomes too strong, we’ll stop and consider other

that, everyone followed Pearl’s instructions and started

young woman at the back dropped her handkerchief when the fire got bigger. In an instant, she breathed in a lot of smoke, started coughing hard, and her

Pearl gave her towel to

nose and mouth, expressing gratitude and concern when she

and

she said this, Pearl felt something unusual in her

handed her his towel.

tried to give it back. “It isn’t right. I don’t

Richard wouldn’t take no for an answer. “I

wondered if this

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