I finally remember.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJefX9PSIP
My eyes quickly flew 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEs2Ca1gOZ
open as a sudden sense of familiarity came over me. I was at the school 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmubXyaYY56
clinic and as I sat up on the bed, I realised that the ward was empty. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0n1qSUvcH
The white coloured walls greeted me with warmth as the sun rays 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkbeLawBJV
reflecting through the windows gave the room a wonderful glow. As I took765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx9tgHybpp
in the warmth, everything came back to me. I had fainted in the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd8PADTvW0
orchard. That wasn’t the only thing that I remembered. There was a whole765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHx6SR44fC
lot to it than I had realised.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88nb9HuXm4
“I now remember,” I said aloud to the empty ward.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO7gqMWfDN
Everything came back to 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2pw34gSTh
me in flash like it had in the orchard when I saw the mysterious 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7cM8mry7e
stranger who was standing behind Amanda. When I had looked at the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqiLs7kYex
stranger, I finally remembered what had happened to me when those images765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkupDdksgV
came running into my mind. I now remember what had happened to me 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH9Qkyen6E
before I woke up this morning. I hated to say this to myself, but 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJnKmoum9V
Christine was right. Something was wrong with me and it had started all 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe0ZJFKVkG
the way from the time I had failed to wake up this morning until now. As765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCf7Xf5PVK
I tried to go through what I could recall from the images that had run 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp36tR8U6Xl
into my head earlier, I felt I was hit in the face with a reality check.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisRHszbHIe
I had died in my sleep.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLwBfdxi9C
“You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQofIZCRGSn
“I was there when 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fSZlo723z
Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even move an inch. You just 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3CM61hlr6
laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNMs9q5MVH
I recalled what 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC10TpUZqKg
Christine and Amanda had told me earlier. They were right and what I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ4azyNCSU
could remember proved it all. I had died in my sleep and as far as I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG8rEtYZsS
could remember, only one person knew why. The stranger who came to the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ7Np5qBfh
orchard was the same person in my dreams. And surprisingly, the same 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO02rETiSlw
stranger was the one who took my life.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GAM9GWIVb
I closed my eyes and 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9jy0k9wSe
everything became clear as I remembered what had happened to me in my 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMgwkPg4NV
dreams. Everything around me was empty and dark. I couldn’t even tell if765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzhH4ihXTR
I was floating in the air in the deep void of nothingness or if I had 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxtcEF5Qhf
my feet planted to the floor. There was no sign of life, light or any 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWNZ1HgLyr
object I could feel or grab onto. I was nowhere, in a place where things765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLmvDtyvRR
never existed.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszDx8eMsbZ
Then, out of nowhere, 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ81TKGvAba
something had appeared right before my eyes, a few feet away from me. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZy7zX3gceK
For a moment I couldn’t tell what it was because it was too dark and the765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5yjamEAto
same object that had appeared before seemed to be covered in a black 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwCqWBlhmr
cloth that swirled around as if there was the presence of wind when it 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfSMEcJtzK
actually wasn’t there. I adjusted my eyes a little more to see more 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28tBFHXvel
clearly. The object was kind of tall and before I could have realised it765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ADuaQgT0
sooner, the object that stood before me was a human being in a black 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxA6muAexld
long cloak. And whoever it was was facing my direction looking at me. I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98FYjdky1z
couldn’t see eyes or even a face underneath the hood; it was dark, dark 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PGah8oPsx
as the environment around us. For a moment, it seemed like we were just 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFqi5IXdUV
staring at each other until I got a feeling in me that this person in 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zw7lzVdJa
front of me was creeping me out. The air around us started to get cold 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCO7IKtvC2
and each second that passed became colder and colder. At some point I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoSDLjrWy3
breathed out air and an icy cold mist escaped from my nostrils. It was 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNA04t10g0c
definitely getting cold and it felt like I was stuck in a freezer. I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVwod0LhJR
started to shiver so violently and when I looked at my hands, they were 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87rqS3p6Zd
icy blue. My hands soon felt numb from the cold, so did my face and legs765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMvjBcQdbE
too. In a matter of minutes, my body had turned cold and blue. My body 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7cZEO2DnI
had become numb with cold and at that moment, my legs gave way and I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gVlI99VTe
fell to the cold floor which had suddenly turned into a hard cold layer 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9g8SLQcl9
of ice. I tried to move, but I was so still. The nerves in my body 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXREepoKcl6
seemed to have frozen up too but it was a wonder how my brain was still 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsipKQx9Cm
functioning because I was completely aware of what was going on and I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTVAgTiw2b
could see the stranger in the dark cloak just staring back at me not 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBra81GpgG
doing anything to help.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ66zzIqLWG
I tried moving my icy 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7UpiLxi6U
blue lips, but it was no use. I couldn’t even feel them. My lungs had 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2364SYEMXM
stung with pain inside me and I was scared that they were going to stop 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKnr3yKVbQ
functioning right there and then. What kept my hopes up was the beating 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAwNVVa0tz
of my heart; though I could hear every heart beat grow faint as the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoeFd0GEXK
coldness in me took over. I continued to stare at the stranger in front 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdXHvQ9d10
of me, praying that he could do something to help me.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYJ4GfcCJ5
As though my thoughts 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8CHQiAn3t
had finally been heard, the stranger took a step closer towards me. For a765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLinXcMhfk
moment, I finally felt that everything was going to be alright and I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LoDGmhgCu
was going to be saved. When the stranger had finally come close enough 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcmIaLK185
to help, my eyes flew to the hood trying to see if I could see the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8k5SQLFbN
stranger’s face, but I still couldn’t see a thing. The stranger 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac0QRIvkGa
continued to look down at me and even though I couldn’t see any facial 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu98993RUT9
features under the hood, I could feel the stranger’s eyes on me. When I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRbMvPGwcp
had hoped that the stranger was going to help me, that hope was soon 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfbTUEDvKq
replaced with fear in an instant, even in the frozen state I was in. My 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfzNgEPMDE
eyes bulged out in fear and I prayed in my heart for at least my nerves 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCjtVMueQZ
to kick start again and I would be able to get away from this stranger 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S2DBINGzR
who I didn’t even know.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1FAeLhSH5
As I continued to pray 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc0v9e3DKo
to myself, the stranger soon knelt to the floor on one knee and the fear765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd966GEhBfa
in me almost ended my fading heart. The stranger quickly stretched out 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWtXHhNs8W
his hand and held my cold neck. I could feel the strong hand grip 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGBGhgkTvr
tightly around my neck and he was choking me out with the little air I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M9ZtRTLvW
could take in my cold state. When the stranger slowly stood, he was 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoUoTFxfpK
dragging me upwards along with him. We were now staring at each other. I765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLKIZumwyB
could still feel the stranger’s gaze on me because it felt like needles765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xOnOVuQld
were pierced into my eyes. I continued to stare back into the dark void765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPLF25TkbS
under the hood feeling helpless. I wondered what this person was going 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclRGwgC7aa
to do to me.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN7vBmickY
Soon, a scythe appeared 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgLy7pRVq9
out of nowhere and it stood right beside the stranger in mid-air. The 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBmA2vjn0j
stranger took the scythe in his hand and in an instant, the scythe had 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2RBEViV1l
transformed into a knife. My heart had started to beat faster than it 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfkMCtOzhq
had when I had been frozen. I had to admit that I was scared and I tried765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIhDILFr96
to scream for help, but it was no use. No one was here to help me and 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsfdn0wAaG
this stranger in front of me seemed to have made up his mind about what 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJneOcaRbd1
he was going to do with me. At that moment, I prayed that all of what I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09Y2XihYJq
was going through was just a bad dream.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bDRaBFFNd
I continued to stare at 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6laJeMM6C
the stranger in front of me, with a knife in hand. The hand around my 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47Y4Le4eJu
neck tightened with every defying moment. I thought the stranger would 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjiwdvRIem
have a final say before he drove that knife into me, but there was 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONHHPmYZL6
nothing but silence between us. With all of my might, and with all the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqMG2ECLiN
pain and coldness inside of me, I had forced myself to speak:765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOdjHwvWhQ
“Plea…..please……do…..don’t do this,” cold mist escaped my lips as I spoke. “What wrong have I done to deserve this?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNyXcIIrMx
A cold deafening voice 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg5lKJzyMJ
echoed around me from the stranger who had held me captive, it was a 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVsIafLvoG
voice that could have sent anyone running for their lives:765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq2t1pMxR2
“Your time has come, Diana. This is your destiny and how it all ends!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6doHe7oVpZ
Before I could say 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQZizhlctu
anything else, the knife quickly drove through my chest and I had felt 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGiAeRC3dS
the piercing pain. Even though I was frozen I could feel the warm blood 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXQRKgtuq2
flow out of my body and its coppery smell filled the air. I looked down 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9r19rEWphq
on my chest and I saw the red smear of blood staining my shirt. The 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Sx038kxhs
knife was quickly removed from my chest and the stranger drove it again,765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71IZXFJIY5
this time into my stomach. This time I screamed out in endless pain and765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C8FdH2yA5
my scream echoed around the deep void. The stranger continued to stab 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp9rKgRE0n
me in so many places and I was left in antagonising pain that I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxjF0EQi7a
continued to scream until I reached a point where I couldn’t scream any 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31Zt71pJQz
longer. I was numb with pain.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpSKAEhkPY
My body soon felt limb 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yfVqXq5ev
and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and didn’t even know how I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGrbHdAmlP
had ended up down there. The stranger continued to look down at me as I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCMwvxyRf3
was bleeding out to death. I didn’t feel the pain anymore, though I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVErkxQF6FI
could feel something was living my body slowly. Was it my soul, I had 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl06SkeHm9U
wondered. My vision soon became blurry as images started flashing in my 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ngJmE8WLy
mind. Were those my memories of the life I had once lived? At that 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJQiwbXDzD
moment I couldn’t even think or tell what was real and what wasn’t. My 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh99lvb0fit
brain was dying so as the rest of my body. I could really feel myself 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZKMI0gysk
fading into who knows where.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNR2htoEtSM
The stranger soon turned765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9pqN49Xik
away from me with the knife in his hand which was covered in blood, in 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3e3movysm
my blood. As the stranger walked away, the knife in his hand soon turned765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZkwmxxmw1
back into a scythe and the darkness swallowed the stranger out of 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8HL3Gjitd
sight. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEquV2CtL0S
And I was left in the darkness, in a pool of my own blood, as I breathed out my last. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbuj8ISV0E
“Diana!”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzCzMeBVYq
My eyes quickly flew 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jk5rvW7bB
open and for a moment, I was oblivious of my surrounding. I felt a hand 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl1dJr17Rm
on my shoulder and Christine stood right in front of me with Amanda 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY9KFv4zCt
standing right behind her. They both had worried looks on their faces 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mhls727aX
and I hoped it had nothing to do with me.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfsykSYYK0
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzO4BJGFLe
“We were wondering if you were alright,” Christine answered.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixUNNdhbiN
“I’m fine as you can 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmR1DjAl9B
see. There is nothing to worry about,” I tried to sound as normal as 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyoVuMeJvz
possible after what I had just remembered.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0W3A3mcD7
“It doesn’t seem that way to us,” Amanda said. The look on her face made me even more worried than they were.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctjRBNYS42
“What do you mean?” I raised my eyebrow.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmYR5ELypg
Amanda and Christine 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ8hP7plhQ
turned to look at each other, looking concerned. They went back to 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRiAMfabcn
looking at me like I had just said something stupid.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiZtRrv8eg
“Is someone going to tell me what’s up or do I have to play the guess game?” I snapped, growing impatient. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5316Pu9Bw8
“We came into the ward 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGtHhTXhGt
and saw you seated on the bed with your eyes closed,” said Christine. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgd7Ulvwi6
“When we called out to you, you didn’t respond. When we shook you, you 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LrKYxw5MZ
didn’t do anything. You just sat there as though you were deep into 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBlXljn8Ww
meditation. But when we touched your skin you were as cold as ice. So we765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5eZJqthJD
grew worried, calling your name and shaking you, but to no avail. We 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNZfhcIGQY
almost called for the nurse until your eyes flew open.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BAJcslXoy
I sighed out in 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOrFIBEKwh
frustration as I buried my head into my hands. This was not happening. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBYqO8s9TT
What was going on? I had died this morning but somehow came back to 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSfIcrZ4TQ
life. And now, just trying to remember my death made me go into a dead 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEvtjgbzOG
state all over again.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZLw8u8cFB
“Hey, are you okay?” Christine asked. “What happened to you?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp6ixOfdgL
I looked up at my 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8j50ZVRwM
friends as they continued to stare down at me. I wasn’t quite sure 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRowKB1Nfi
whether to tell them that they had been right all along about this 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU4mm4AYTc
morning or just try to make up some excuse of a story. I finally decided765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXCQO9KToV
to tell them the truth. I wasn’t going to bear carrying this secret 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0DXJEviVh
around with me for long, so I sat upright and took a deep breath.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRsOQMfVvp
“Okay, I’ll tell you,” I765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWZkHVJwYI
said, trying to build up my confidence. I closed my eyes and opened 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsUwweFSOy
them. And before I could open my mouth to speak, something strange 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsHfKwik2v
happened.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9XP1KAFjl
A vision of the stranger765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGEx32AmQv
in my dream had quickly appeared before my eyes. He still wore the same765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFss0nRp2cP
black cloak and hood. He had a knife in his hand. The same knife he had765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZBKQJ0mMe
used to kill me. And it was all covered in blood and he was carrying 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljfnTmuZr7
something wrapped around his arm. A body all covered in blood.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ939Efcc5lB
Christine’s body!765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkSAueXEUA
Was all of this a sign 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5xiPmFyu4
that I shouldn’t say anything? The vision had appeared out of nowhere, 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROghdJYYkb
and that meant something. I swallowed hard as I quickly thought of what 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYsJL9fuVb
to say next.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6zPq5Q1YL
“I felt like I was 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh8MBBghsH
coming down with something,” I lied. “I felt a little nauseous and I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNjwsdUvAy
tried sitting up on the bed hoping the feeling would go away.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2Qvgg51kl
“But we called out to you a thousand times,” Amanda said. “Why didn’t you say anything?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqeunjI8et
“I fell asleep,” I answered. “You know sometimes I fall asleep while I sit upright. I do so in class.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuGBZrzuRw
That was probably the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gzIL5l1oi
worst lie I have ever uttered in my entire life. I don’t how know how 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMaTIrGDe7
those words came out of my mouth, but they did. I continued to look up 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpcIMUOUVa
at my friends and I prayed that they would believe what I had just said.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtry5dlHoWV
I had to admit, what I had said was pretty cheeky. I wasn’t going to be765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEl1CwfEtJ3
surprised if they didn’t believe me.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oREkY9R9h
“Oh, thank goodness,” said Christine in relief, placing her hand over her chest. “For a moment you had us all worried.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7MZssjXeP
I quickly raised my left eyebrow. She believed that?765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCObmtDzqtJ
“Yes, me too,” said Amanda. “You shouldn’t scare us like that. What happened in the morning was more than enough.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYeSlKgjr3
“I was just feeling tired and sick, that’s all,” I said, as I pretended to yawn.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaPFzhzls7
“Okay, well the time we 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7p0REVwqY
brought you here to the clinic the doctor attended to you and said 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku786pQOCZ
nothing was wrong with you, you just had low blood pressure,” Christine 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYulnPKF6zc
said.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgbWfHVHCb
“I thought I was coming down with malaria,” I said.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq7pAqVGVG
“Well, I’m just glad 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJAMddgLOU
you’re okay. Our dorm mates were really worried about you when you had 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKYjDy94hb
fainted,” said Amanda. “They will be glad to see that you’re okay.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlArYmm9uJV
“Can I leave this place?” I asked, as I stood up from the bed. “I don’t want to stay here for a single second.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20SisEXBgp
“Whoa, hold on right 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2GEWTvLRN
there!” Christine held my shoulders and pushed me back on the bed. “You 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCupuOFYmll
are not going anywhere, my friend. The doctor said so.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk5N2tHpwz
“But why? I’m perfectly fine,” I whined.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqP50osFVg
“You need to run through765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNltwXKcEK
some checkups just in case this doesn’t become serious,” said Amanda. 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiCGEIBfrN
“Looks like you have to stay here until tomorrow.” 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgujZFjvHFj
Tomorrow! The clinic was765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWcunPYCiw
the last place I wanted to stay in, and better yet, all alone without 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68OseGKZz8
my friends. I soon started to think of the worst. What if the stranger 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhwpwt7xyc
came after me again? And this time, in real life chasing me around the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmukmkNkZn
clinic with his deadly scythe? I swallowed hard as I imagined all of 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj4j2b0NOi
that even happening.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnHDcyswk6
“I can’t stay here,” I continued to protest. “I’m perfectly fine. Tell the doctor to come and check up on me again.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWKldbi0fN
“I don’t see why you’re scared, Diana,” said Amanda. “It’s just for one night only to make sure that you’re okay.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahkuESEe3I
“But all of this is 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGVViX1Ag4
ridiculous. It’s just low blood pressure and you’re acting as though I 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k0GmawNdP
have AIDS,” I was getting rather impatient. “Or is there something 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6yaXx1Oro
you’re not telling me?”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhczMzkpNOU
“I don’t know, you have 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllkOkHJvGq
to ask the doctor that. He said you can’t go back to school until you’re765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDCJ2DSep6
perfectly fine,” said Christine. “You better ask him why.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9K9Eu7ALs
“Okay, where is he?” I quickly stood up, getting ready to see the doctor myself.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiix3tDM0d
“He is busy with other patients at the moment,” said Christine. “You just have to wait and that will be like till evening.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUG1KajI7n
I hate to admit it, but 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjLvjem41L
Christine was right. There were a number of patients who came into this 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJioP9iwoXZ
hospital each and every day. And considering this place to be rural 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSfpYLI2vB
area, a lot of people were prone to capture some tropical diseases and 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKqEHEtS1i
others. And there weren’t many doctors in the clinic to attend to all 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwtPzc8P05
those in need of treatment. I just had to be considerate enough and give765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp2ocwR2p4
the doctor some time until he checked up on me again. I just sat down 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTsgl5tK54
on my bed in defeat.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcJD16Vb0i
“Okay, you might have a point,” I said. “I wasn’t even in for a mood for class today, so I might as well just stay here.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7oA0CbBPX
“Speaking of class, the 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBeQzb07QI
time for our break is almost up. We better leave,” said Amanda. “I don’t765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYaQPDWo7O
want to be late and end up on the offenders’ list.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwz9WhP5io
“You guys go ahead,” I said. “I will get your books tomorrow and copy the notes.”765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKvDXAQ0IT
“Alright, take care of yourself. We might come back in the evening to say goodnight,” said Christine.765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJei3zcd3t
“Okay,” I said dully as I765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP3nucjQ1t
lay down on the bed. It was going to be pretty boring without my 765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqtZLEiPHJ
friends around and I sighed as they left the room. I was left completely765Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzfFUBUymf
alone in the ward staring at the blank white ceiling above me.
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