The moment the flash flood tore through the resort, I shoved my best friend onto the only rooftop the water had not reached. After I dragged myself out of the mudslide, I heard Richard Leroy in the distance, down on his knees in the mud, screaming for help. Just as I was about to walk over, a rescue helicopter lowered a rope ladder, and a voice blared through the loudspeaker. "The helicopter can't carry too much weight. We can only take one of the two girls first!" My boyfriend snatched the rescue line and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Save Nina! Please! Her health is fragile. She won't last much longer!" Hearing that, I quietly closed my mouth before I could say a word. Nina Moran jumped down, ran right past me, and rushed toward him. "Richard!" she cried. "I'm here! I'm okay!" Richard spun around and pulled Nina tightly into his arms. "Thank God! I thought I'd never see you again..." From beginning to end, his eyes never once landed on me standing behind Nina. It was not until one of the search and rescue workers walked over, handed me a tissue, and gently asked, "Miss, is there any family here to pick you up?" I looked at the two of them holding each other as if no one else existed, then forced a faint smile. "No," I replied softly. "I came here by myself."