Andrew Grey - By Fire 1 - Redemption By Fire by Andrew Grey

Author:Andrew Grey [Grey, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

FOR weeks, Dirk worked as much as he could before going

home to crash. Thankfully, his shifts didn’t coincide too much with Lee’s, but the times they did, Dirk was miserable. Actually, he was miserable even when their shifts didn’t coincide. He missed Lee, but the few times he’d tried to talk with him, Lee had listened for a few seconds and then shut down. On the bright side, Dirk really seemed to have mended a lot of his fences with the guys, and they had even invited him to go out a few times. It was nice, but sort of hollow. They talked about the girls they were dating or their wives and kids, while Dirk sat at one end of the table and listened with very little to contribute.

“What’s bothering you, Dirk?” Charlie had asked one afternoon as they were sitting around the table, and Dirk had almost told him. It was on the tip of his tongue to actually tell Charlie the truth, but he chickened out. On the plus side, he hadn’t had much contact with his father, and Dirk was beginning to think that was probably a good thing. His father had never been particularly encouraging about anything. Dirk had thought he’d miss his father, but he didn’t, not really, and if his father was going to cut him out of his life after a disagreement over Dirk’s job, then maybe that was for the best.

Late summer turned into fall, the temperatures cooled, and it started to rain. At first it was just showers and the usual thunderstorms, but then a hurricane passed off the coast, and the entire department got ready for serious weather-related issues. Instead, there was just more rain. The hurricane was followed by Tropical Storm Lee, who parked himself over the area for days without moving.

“I sure as hell wish this would stop,” Charlie said as he stood next to Dirk, both of them peering out the open firehouse garage doors.

“Did you see the pictures of Hershey on the news?” Dirk asked. “The water rose by the foot in a matter of minutes.” Dirk watched as the rain came down in sheets, and they almost had to shout to be heard over the pounding on the pavement. A call came in, and both he and Charlie got into their gear. Dirk had finally been cleared for full duty a week earlier, and he was more than ready to ride along on calls. In the truck, lightning crackled in the air, immediately followed by a snap of thunder that shook the truck.

“In weather like this, you don’t expect a fire,” Frank said from next to Dirk, and he agreed, but he’d definitely seen stranger things, and sure enough, when they arrived, they found a house outside town that had been hit by lightning right down the center. The rain was doing a number on the fire, but they hurried inside and made sure everyone was out as the hosemen doused the flames.

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