Jacob's furious voice erupted immediately as he said, "Alana, I've called you dozens of times, did you not see? What's this about a divorce? Do you realize what you've done is unforgivable? How dare you mention divorce to me?"
He kept yelling, "Lily is a guest and you left her alone at home, with the gas in the kitchen still on! If I had been a minute later, she'd be dead! I've put up with your jealousy and tantrums, but today you nearly caused a fatal accident, do you understand that?"
"I don't care where you are right now, but you'd better get to the hospital and apologize to Lily! Otherwise, don't bother coming back home! I've been far too lenient with you!" he was furious.
I was stunned by his words and didn't even have time to respond. My best friend couldn't take it anymore and grabbed the phone from me, shouting back at him, "Jacob, you're not even a man! The universe doesn't think you deserve to be a father! Do you even know the truth? Do you know how the fire started?"
"Lily this, Lily that, why don't you two brothers just stay with her from now on and leave us alone!" She ended the call abruptly.