Ashes on the Line
After an extreme dust storm swallowed half the mall, I was searching for my missing daughter when I received a call from Evelyn Mercer five years in the future.
[Ryan, you have to do exactly what I say. I'm the only one who can save my little girl.]
Without hesitating, I led the rescue team to the collapsed section she named.
Sure enough, I heard a weak child's voice.
I shouted in relief, "Thank God for you, Evelyn! I found her!"
Evelyn laughed softly.
[That's right. I came back to fix a regret.]
But when the rescue crew lifted the concrete slab, the child they pulled out was not my daughter.
It was the daughter of Evelyn's childhood sweetheart, Marcus Hale.
I froze.
Evelyn, howeve