Chapter 16 - The Arson Attempt

At 3:00 AM, the security alarm at Clara's Bel-Air home shrieked loudly, waking the entire neighborhood.
Clara rushed into Lily's room, scooping her child up just as the smell of thick gasoline fumes filled the hallway.
A dark figure stood near the patio glass, throwing a lit flare onto the dry wooden deck outside.
Flames erupted instantly, roaring against the glass as Clara ran toward the secondary panic door in the master bedroom.
David burst into the room holding a fire extinguisher, spraying the flames with desperate, wild panic.
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"Get out of the house, Clara! Take Lily and go!" David screamed above the roaring fire alarm.
Clara sprinted down the driveway as fire trucks wailed in the distance, their sirens cutting through the night.