A Life Worth Less​

Summary

Coming home late from work, I found my apartment building on fire. I immediately started rushing upstairs.

A couple from the floor below grabbed me, their faces streaked with tears. “Our daughter is still up there!” the woman cried, pleading. “Please, you have to save her!”

I ran to my apartment, grabbed my dog, and carried him back downstairs.

When they saw me, the couple rushed forward. “Where’s our daughter?”

I just looked at them coldly. “I went back for my dog.”

They stared in disbelief. “You saved a dog… instead of our daughter?”

“That’s right.”