My Husband Took The Only Car Out Of A Wildfire Evacuation Zone With His Mother And His Mistress Inside. I Was Six Months Pregnant, Standing In The Smoke, Begging Him Not To Leave Me

“I’m at the Keene cabin off Pine Ridge Road. My husband took the only car. I’m six months pregnant, and the smoke is already inside.”

The connection crackled.

The dispatcher asked me to say the address again.

I tried.

I remember giving Brett’s name.

I remember giving Tessa’s.

I remember holding a wet kitchen towel over my mouth and sliding down the wall continue reading …