Everything Going Wrong

Life was pretty good and we were so happy! I still hadn't talked to my parents since before I left for North Carolina. And it didn't bother me either. Then things started to slowly go downhill and all at once. Our money was getting really tight. We used to go to the grocery store and only buy a big bag of potatoes because they were cheap and that was about all we could afford. It's amazing just what you can do with potatoes. We had to make many meals out of only potatoes. On evening, my boyfriend was heating up some peanut oil to cook some potatoes for us for dinner. We were both in the living room and right around the corner was the kitchen. I happened to look over in that direction and it was really bright in there with a crackling sound. I got up and my boyfriend followed me. We walked into our kitchen that was on fire! The flames started climbing up the walls. I screamed and my boyfriend imediately started putting out the fire. I just stood there and watched, frozen. I couldn't believe it. Finally he got the fire out. No damage to the rest of the house, just in the kitchen. Little did we know this was only the beginning of our bad luck.