Chapter 277: Reiner - Flames
“Excuse me! Zanita...” I yelled loudly.
I didn’t hear a reply though.
“Anybody out there? Is something burning?!” I tried again.
Still, there was no reply. Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong. It’s too quiet and the smell of something burning was getting stronger. The dress I had on was slightly on the tight side and I started wriggling out of it so that I could change back to my original outfit. However, something caught my eye that changed my plans immediately.
I gasped as I saw smoke coming in through the cracks in the dressing room door. There’s a fire?!
This can’t be happening. Now that I can see smoke, the smell of something or everything burning got stronger than ever. Was the boutique really on fire? Where is everyone else?
Truth be told, I had absolutely no idea what to do in an event of a fire. I’m supposed to get low and avoid breathing in the smoke, is that right? It wasn’t like I had any water to pour on myself. Was that even right? Regardless, I have a bunch of fabric, so I used that to cover my nose and mouth for now.
I dialed the emergency number to report the fire and the line connected soon after.
“There’s a fire. I’m stuck inside at...Zanita’s boutique...yes...” I began talking rapidly once the line connected to the operator on the other end of the line.