I Surprised My Firefighter Husband at His Station for His Birthday – What His Captain Told Me Made My Stomach Drop
I sat straighter.
“What?”
Tyler stared at our joined hands.
“The warehouse wasn’t empty.”
“I know. Reyes said you got everyone out.”
“Not everyone.”
I felt cold again.
Tyler swallowed.
“There was a little girl trapped upstairs.”
I said nothing.
“The floor was already unstable. Reyes ordered everyone out.”
My chest tightened.
“Tyler.”
“I heard her crying.”
He looked at me then.
“I went back.”
I stared at him.
He had disobeyed an evacuation order.
He had walked back into a collapsing building.
For a child he didn’t know.
“Did you get her?”
Tyler’s eyes filled.
“Yeah.”
I covered my mouth.
“She’s okay?”
“Not a scratch.”
The anger inside me broke apart.
I wanted to yell at him.
I wanted to hold him.
I wanted to tell him never to do anything like that again, even though we both knew he probably would.
