Life at The Top novel Chapter 1957

Just as Jasper and Dean were planning out

how to take Gale down, far away on the

endless open sea of the Atlantic Ocean.

A huge fully-loading cruise ship was

mooring on the sea. There were no waves

on the calm sea, as extremely thick black

smoke rose from this huge vessel.

The black smoke first poured out of the

warehouse before the fire spread instantly

within a few breaths.

When the crew on the ship saw the fire,

they were shocked.

They knew that the ship was full of rubber.

Rubber was a flammable substance, and

once it burned, it would immediately

release toxic smoke.

A cruise ship full of rubber was on fire on

the vast sea, so it meant that they had

almost no means of escaping.

Although these crew members had tried

their best to put out the fire, the fire still

relentlessly devoured everything it could

reach.

With that, it took only more than ten

minutes for the heavy smoke to turn into

open flames, after which, it took only half

an hour for the fire to immediately devour

the whole ship.

There were screams and cries for help

The fire was still burning, and when the

news reached Sawyer, he had just fallen

asleep.

Because of the stress during this period, Sawyer would turn off his mobile phone while he was sleeping. If there was something urgent, they would contact him through Fabian.

Sawyer figured there was still about four t o five hours till the opening, so he could take a nap. The moment he lay down, he bolted right up from being shocked by the rapid knocking on the door.

“Dad, it’s me, open the door! We’re in trouble!”

After hearing Fabian’s voice outside the door, Sawyer quickly got up and put on his slippers to open the door immediately.

“What’s up?”

Seeing Fabian’s face full of panic and anxiety, Sawyer, who was originally enraged by Fabian’s impatience, also had a bad premonition. Thus, he asked immediately.

“Dad, I just received the news from Harbor City that our goods were all burned in a fire at sea! It was 4 million tons of rubber!”

This short sentence turned Sawyer red.

“Bullsh*t! There are 7 ships, each of which is only hundreds of thousands of tons, even if one caught fire… Did they all catch on fire?”

Fabian panted heavily and said, “All seven ships were caught in the fire. When I got the news, two of them had sunk. The 4 million tons were either burned out or are now at the bottom of the sea as fish food. Dad, what should we do? The family is in a mess now!”

Sawyer’s eyes widened. At this moment, h e only felt that he was short of breath. He could feel some blood stuck in his throat and he could not swallow or spit it out. Then, his vision turned black and he became lightheaded. He could not even stand up straight anymore.