In Chap­ter Sev­en­ty-Five of “If These Wings Could Fly,” the scene unfolds dra­mat­i­cal­ly as the char­ac­ters con­front a life-threat­en­ing sit­u­a­tion inside a burn­ing house. Camp­bell, in a pan­icked state, races into the infer­no, prompt­ing a des­per­ate reac­tion from Mom, who tries to inter­cept him but fails. Her attempt to save him from the fire, which she inad­ver­tent­ly caused, fills the pro­tag­o­nist with a crush­ing guilt. The pro­tag­o­nist wres­tles with their emo­tions, wish­ing they were the one respon­si­ble for the fire so that the bur­den of guilt might feel more bear­able, acknowl­edg­ing that they would have allowed Camp­bell to burn if it meant avoid­ing the tur­moil of the present.

As the smoke and flame engulf the space, the pro­tag­o­nist dash­es into the house, unde­terred by the crows that pre­vi­ous­ly guard­ed the entrance. Inside, the scene is har­row­ing as Camp­bell lies uncon­scious, weight­ed down, and it becomes evi­dent the pro­tag­o­nist must assist in his res­cue. The air is thick with smoke, and breath­ing becomes increas­ing­ly dif­fi­cult. Despite the dan­ger, the pro­tag­o­nist urges Camp­bell to leave, but Mom’s insis­tence on sav­ing her son com­pli­cates their escape. Under­stand­ing the urgency, the pro­tag­o­nist joins forces with Mom, drag­ging Camp­bell towards safe­ty, over­com­ing the flames that threat­en to engulf them.

Simul­ta­ne­ous­ly, the ambi­ent ten­sion esca­lates as the house begins to col­lapse around them. Moments of hes­i­ta­tion stretch into a painful eter­ni­ty as they strug­gle to pull Camp­bell out. Final­ly, they man­age to roll him out into the yard just as the struc­ture of the house shud­ders, reveal­ing its fragili­ty under the heat. A hor­ri­fy­ing moment ensues as the whole build­ing even­tu­al­ly folds in on itself, mark­ing the cul­mi­na­tion of their fran­tic efforts. The chap­ter cap­tures the urgency of the sit­u­a­tion, the emo­tion­al depth of famil­ial con­nec­tions, and the instinc­tive dri­ve to save loved ones against over­whelm­ing odds.