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Ch. 5 Sisterhood

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Felina was at her desk waiting for the printer to finish printing out her charts, and the computer to flash file saved. It was another late night for her. Personally it was not a big deal for she had no one at home waiting for her. She had to get everything finalized and ready for a huge meeting tomorrow. If all went well as she planned, she would own another small business.

A storm was approaching, she could hear the thunder in the distance. When she looked out the window she could see flashes of lightening. She looks at her computer screen and sees the flashing icon, " File Saved". As she reaches out to turn her computer off, the power goes out and a loud burst of thunder cracks overhead causing her to fall back into her chair.

" Thank goodness, everything was saved." She rubs her hands through her bright red hair, or deep auburn as some call it. Felina falls into a past memory that took place in a storm just like this....

She was thirteen years old and had just reached the porch of her house when the sky opened up and rain began to fall very hard. She opens the front door yelling into the house," Mom... Dad?" She shuts the door and walks straight to the kitchen to get a snack.

Putting her book bag down on the floor against the wall she glances at the table and sees a note.

Felina,

We got called out on an emergency. Major car accident involving a bus full of people and the hospital called for all extra hands. Make a sandwich or order a pizza, there's a twenty in the cookie jar.

Love Mom and Dad

" Great, now I'm alone and the power will probably go out, like it usually does." and she places the note back on the table. No sooner after she said that she hears the breaker flip and the kitchen falls into darkness.

She walks over to the light switch and tests it.... Nothing.

" Great", she mumbles and walks over to the drawer they keep candles and flashlights in just for this reason. Felina pulls out a flashlight and turns it on,.. No light, the batteries were dead. She starts sifting around for a candle and some matches instead.

" Come on, where are the damn matches? or even a lighter, I'm not picky."

She has the candle in her left hand, and she continues to sift with her right one for the matches. " I need light so I don't break my neck going up the stairs to my room."

Just as she said it, a small glow appears. She turns her head and looks at the candle. There was a small flame on the wick.

" What the ...", and she drops the candle to the floor. It lands on the braided rug and ignites into a small fire.

" Oh my gosh!", and she begins to panic. She starts frantically opening up all the cabinets, and drawers looking for the fire extinguisher.

" Where the hell is it?".

She can feel the warmth of the blaze, which tells her the fire is getting bigger. Scared to death, she takes a deep breath trying to calm herself," No, No, No, don't let this happen."

Just like that, the fire goes out. Felina slides down the wall to the ground trembling, and pulls her knees to her chest.

A loud clap of thunder shakes the room, Felina blinks and looks around realizing she is still sitting in her chair at her desk. She gets up slowly, so her eyes have time to adjust to the darkness before she begins to move.

She grabs her purse and walks slowly to the door so she doesn't trip. She reaches it walks out and turns around to lock the building and then walks quickly to her car.

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