I Rejected the Firefighter Who Died for Me, Now I Chase Him novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: Don't Look, Just Breathe
It took Seo-won less time than he would have believed to run down thirty-four floors of steel stairs.
He came out of the door at the bottom with his lungs on fire and his dress shoes in his hand.
The plaza was full of people in long coats, shivering in rows, counted by the squad's other crews.
White smoke was rolling out of the basement vents and pooling over the stones.
Engine Four stood at the curb with its lamps turning and three hoses running into the tower.
Captain Yeo was at the pump panel with a radio in his fist.
"Ha." He did not look away from the building. "All the guests are out, hundreds of them. You did that."
"Where's Tae-min?"
"Squad two found the three from the studio on twenty-seven. They crossed over to Stair A and brought them down."
As he spoke, the door of Stair A opened and three young people stumbled out in oxygen masks, held up by firefighters.
One of them was sobbing.
Seo-won's knees almost went.
"And Tae-min?"
"He peeled off on the way down." Yeo lifted the radio.
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