Delia and Francisco's family was growing so fast. Today was a special day for Darius. It was his
birthday. They wanted to have a quick
party before his brother Daniel had to get off to school and while Duncan was still sleeping. As she has traditionally done for her children, Delia carried Darius to his birthday cake to help him make a birthday wish and blow out the candles. But things didn’t go exactly as planned.
Little Darius wiggled
out of her arms and knocked the lit candles to the floor. The rug and the curtains whooshed into
flames with Francisco trapped behind the table. Fortunately the fire alarm sounded and
summoned the fire department. While
they were waiting for them to arrive, Delia ran into the kitchen, grabbed a
fire extinguisher and tossed it to Francisco.
She was terrified he would die right then and there. If not for her quick thinking he very likely would have
perished in the fire.
Fortunately, the worst that happened was the expense of replacing the
furnishings and the mess that was leftover. Francisco and Delia worked together to clean it up while the oldest boys, Darius and Daniel, both totally oblivious,
bonded over video games. Delia had no
idea loving someone could be so stress inducing. She wanted to keep her family safe and it
seems everything she was doing was putting them in harm’s way; the basement,
the potions and now the fire. She must
be more careful and cautious. She would
never forgive herself if anything happened to any of her ‘men’. 
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