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Oxygen Crisis: My Wife Says I'm Expendable
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I am a firefighter. A beam crashes onto me in the middle of a burning building. At the same time, my oxygen is about to run out. I writhe and struggle as much as I can to reach for my backup oxygen canister, only to feel my fingers brushing over a bottle of water instead. When I turn around, I see my wife, Leah Sawyer, giving the last backup oxygen canister to her new mentee, Roderick Wyndham. I begin calling out to her via a walkie-talkie. "Leah, I'm being pinned down right now, and my oxygen's running out! Where is the oxygen canister?" As Leah shields Roderick behind her, she replies impatiently, "I've already given it to Roderick. It's his first time inside a burning building, so he's frightened. Having an extra canister on him gives him a sense of security. "You're already a veteran firefighter, so you can just think up a way to resolve your situation. Don't go around wasting precious resources." I can feel thick smoke infiltrating my lungs at that moment. Feelings of asphyxiation soon overwhelm me. "My leg is broken, so I can't move at all! Without oxygen, I won't be able to hold out till I get rescued!" But Leah merely chortles in response. "Stop playing the pity card! Every time we're out on a mission, you're always the cowardly one who's terrified of dying! You have zero sense of dedication at all! I shouldn't have let you join the firefighting squad, to begin with! "What's the use of you clinging to the equipment? Giving it to the newbies is the best way of maximizing its value!" I can only smile bitterly in response. Using what's left of my strength, I switch to a public channel and begin reporting to the command center. "For the record, Captain Leah Sawyer deliberately tampered with the essential rescue equipment in order to protect Roderick Wyndham, causing me, a fellow firefighter, to be trapped in a deadly situation. "I hereby request the immediate activation of the Firefighter Emergency Evacuation Act. Also, I formally charge Leah with gross negligence and attempted homicide."
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Oxygen Crisis: My Wife Says I'm Expendable Chapter 11
"Now, everyone, run ten laps around the field to warm up!"The recruits paused for a second, then erupted into thunderous applause.Watching Queenie with her face shining under the sunlight, my heart that had long been frozen began to thaw little by little.With her here, everything didn't seem as difficult anymore.…Queenie's arrival breathed new life into the dull academy.She was both professional and witty, and the recruits quickly bonded with her.Here, she explained emergency first-aid and battlefield psychology in the simplest, most understandable way.While I was teaching, she would stand by quietly, handing me water when my throat went dry, or steadying me when I wobbled due to the pain in my leg.With her help, my teaching went smoother.We worked more in sync with each passing day. Sometimes a single look was enough for us to understand each other.Our other coworkers at the academy joked that we were like a perfect couple. I just smiled, neither denying nor conf
Oxygen Crisis: My Wife Says I'm Expendable Chapter 10
Queenie was right. Why was I so focused on being negative about things?In another way, I could still make a difference in the career I loved.I looked at her and nodded seriously."Feeling better?" She grinned, her smile like the warm sunshine."Good. Let's go for a walk. The weather's nice today. I'll push you outside."That afternoon, she wheeled me around the hospital gardens for a long time. We talked about a lot of things.I learned that her grandfather had been a firefighter too, and he had died during a rescue mission.That was why she became a doctor and had such a deep concern for everything related to firefighting."I joined the rescue team because of you," she suddenly said.I was taken aback."I saw your story about how you were betrayed by your wife and nearly died in the fire. I wanted to see for myself what kind of man you are."She made a face. "Now, it seems you're not all that great. You're just a fool."Her words made me laugh, and it was the first tim
Oxygen Crisis: My Wife Says I'm Expendable Chapter 9
At the end of the letter, Leah begged for my forgiveness, asking me to visit her once.I finished reading it with a vacant expression, then tore it into shreds in front of Queenie.Forgive her?She nearly got me killed under her so-called "value maximization", and now she wanted me to forgive her?What a joke.Queenie watched me tear up the letter, saying nothing. She silently collected the scraps and tossed them in the trash.She muttered, "Good call. Some people aren't worth forgiving."I looked at her, a warm feeling rising in my chest.She always seemed to understand what I was thinking."Don't look at me like that. I just feel sorry for you," she said, slightly flustered, her ears reddening. I smiled and wrote on the board. "You don't have to anymore."Because I had her now.I didn't write that, but it was tucked away in my heart.…The trial for Leah and Roderick began soon after.With the irrefutable evidence and the severe public backlash, the court delivered it
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Leah and Roderick's faces kept flashing before me, their mocking and indifferent expressions stabbing deep into my heart.It was Queenie's voice that pulled me out of the nightmare."Wake up, Cedric. It's time for your dressing change."I opened my eyes and met her clear gaze.Sunlight filtered through the window, casting a soft glow around her.She was carefully unwrapping the bandages on my leg, tending to the gruesome wounds.Her movements were professional and gentle, but the pain still made me grunt in discomfort."It's normal to feel pain, as it means your nerves are still working," she said without looking up.I reached for the writing board. "Thank you."I had written these two words more times than I could count.During my time in the hospital, she had handled nearly all of my treatment.Not only that, but she would also chat with me about trivial things, distracting me from my pain and easing my anxiety.She was like a ray of light, shining through my world, which
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