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Yasmin Messina's Home in Cresthill Meadows

November 18, 2024 / draw of luck

tw: fire, death

It was a typical Monday for the principal at the local elementary school in Kismet Harbor. The kids were rowdy from a weekend away from civilized structure, but they always brought a smile to her face. The day was trucking along, seemingly without problem. It wasn't until she was finishing up lunch that her phone began to ring and she pulled it out to see that it was the local fire department calling. There was not a moment's hesitation as Yasmin answered the phone. She was grateful to be in her office, having just shut the door behind her to take the call. When Connor Bowen revealed that her house was had just been taken by fire, she dropped to her knees. All she could think about was her cat. Maisie. Connor told her they didn't see the cat but that didn't mean she hadn't escaped from the house.

With tears in her eyes, Yasmin excused herself for the rest of the day after finding the vice principal. She briefly explained and there were no further questions as Yasmin rushed back to her home in Cresthill Meadows. Or rather, what was left of her home. Yasmin pulled up behind one of the fire trucks, Connor approaching to pull the brunette into a tight hug. It wouldn't bring back her losses, but it was comfort in knowing that someone cared and had tried to save her home. "Do they know how it started?" Yasmin couldn't believe she would have ever left her home in a condition that it would become a fire hazard.

Connor's head lowered before answering the question, "It seems there were fireworks, we found debris in the yard. This was intentional, whomever did this." The mere words hit Yasmin, as if she were being punched in the stomach. It was intentional? Yasmin stared past Connor, looking at the charred bones of her home and it only brought her back to the memory of staring at her childhood home where her parent's had not managed to escape.

Yasmin thanked Connor and the other firefighters on duty that afternoon, only asking a final question on whether or not the house was sturdy enough for Yasmin to go in. At most, she wanted to see if she wouldn't be able to find her cat, Maisie. Connor revealed that it wasn't and wouldn't be for a few days and that they'd get her set up at The Homey Inn and keep her in loop on the pending investigation regarding the fire.