I finally remember.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqV6zXzLjZ
My eyes quickly flew 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5X6fkXTXj5
open as a sudden sense of familiarity came over me. I was at the school 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWdxfcmlk2
clinic and as I sat up on the bed, I realised that the ward was empty. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM4yCXtOTx
The white coloured walls greeted me with warmth as the sun rays 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVFQ92zgOS
reflecting through the windows gave the room a wonderful glow. As I took821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDhXG6mGQQ
in the warmth, everything came back to me. I had fainted in the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r1xaJ7lTm
orchard. That wasn’t the only thing that I remembered. There was a whole821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZGmYLiELG
lot to it than I had realised.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtglv8CFqtE
“I now remember,” I said aloud to the empty ward.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKkJWzVGGv
Everything came back to 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanD9uSJIbx
me in flash like it had in the orchard when I saw the mysterious 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQiOg2RrOC
stranger who was standing behind Amanda. When I had looked at the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14WrkMnYZA
stranger, I finally remembered what had happened to me when those images821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi6pM7M4zU
came running into my mind. I now remember what had happened to me 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NvtNzwmR4
before I woke up this morning. I hated to say this to myself, but 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6EpbENGB6
Christine was right. Something was wrong with me and it had started all 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2T4GiHonb
the way from the time I had failed to wake up this morning until now. As821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVuyd9c5Tw
I tried to go through what I could recall from the images that had run 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFIE0yO0mu
into my head earlier, I felt I was hit in the face with a reality check.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOigVo0e4Aq
I had died in my sleep.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnNW7Ggjyh
“You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNbm4YwUdr
“I was there when 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnnHAVn7oS
Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even move an inch. You just 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyiwaX0nWp
laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4nmIsDlxs
I recalled what 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA0ZSDLTqd
Christine and Amanda had told me earlier. They were right and what I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUXXJEahrQ
could remember proved it all. I had died in my sleep and as far as I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWBzdC5e1W
could remember, only one person knew why. The stranger who came to the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRr9nOj9xY
orchard was the same person in my dreams. And surprisingly, the same 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dN87fOYY3
stranger was the one who took my life.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxdaKT2zEH
I closed my eyes and 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF53nMCIRS
everything became clear as I remembered what had happened to me in my 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5r9HOo0Bt
dreams. Everything around me was empty and dark. I couldn’t even tell if821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ebDr9KQrz
I was floating in the air in the deep void of nothingness or if I had 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSSOc20lTR
my feet planted to the floor. There was no sign of life, light or any 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOV11WbMbS
object I could feel or grab onto. I was nowhere, in a place where things821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC3IOHt0aR
never existed.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KfKm8qLFH
Then, out of nowhere, 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGfGXgxqH4
something had appeared right before my eyes, a few feet away from me. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0oULHKzRF
For a moment I couldn’t tell what it was because it was too dark and the821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLykSSWIv34
same object that had appeared before seemed to be covered in a black 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgfQarrnWt
cloth that swirled around as if there was the presence of wind when it 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcOOo1QEir
actually wasn’t there. I adjusted my eyes a little more to see more 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7EW5YtoOi
clearly. The object was kind of tall and before I could have realised it821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoeOiGGp5H
sooner, the object that stood before me was a human being in a black 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJT5rBmFxD
long cloak. And whoever it was was facing my direction looking at me. I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR6u0baMwc
couldn’t see eyes or even a face underneath the hood; it was dark, dark 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAKHNLjSiL
as the environment around us. For a moment, it seemed like we were just 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzFItdPYqX
staring at each other until I got a feeling in me that this person in 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DUKNgJMBU
front of me was creeping me out. The air around us started to get cold 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNb2X0DuJMr
and each second that passed became colder and colder. At some point I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCLdGuEwFi
breathed out air and an icy cold mist escaped from my nostrils. It was 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gFwNahGeE
definitely getting cold and it felt like I was stuck in a freezer. I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwEoy6Vaxs
started to shiver so violently and when I looked at my hands, they were 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8uX4uRXU5
icy blue. My hands soon felt numb from the cold, so did my face and legs821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCS9rMZN93
too. In a matter of minutes, my body had turned cold and blue. My body 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalyaFwfvkP
had become numb with cold and at that moment, my legs gave way and I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5s42wLbAH
fell to the cold floor which had suddenly turned into a hard cold layer 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWyfanGuut
of ice. I tried to move, but I was so still. The nerves in my body 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGPGeDhhyf
seemed to have frozen up too but it was a wonder how my brain was still 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJOlm6X1ib
functioning because I was completely aware of what was going on and I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUtlZ8JlTQ
could see the stranger in the dark cloak just staring back at me not 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI2r04nABx
doing anything to help.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYhfE7xwQM
I tried moving my icy 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu6Z10WQ9d
blue lips, but it was no use. I couldn’t even feel them. My lungs had 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAw8mcikjO
stung with pain inside me and I was scared that they were going to stop 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WxFFkh4xg
functioning right there and then. What kept my hopes up was the beating 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFxRSo0rAd
of my heart; though I could hear every heart beat grow faint as the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5AHe1OQ3l
coldness in me took over. I continued to stare at the stranger in front 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTjeaFKBoa
of me, praying that he could do something to help me.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mSdo0wkhp
As though my thoughts 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdeGLbnFZh
had finally been heard, the stranger took a step closer towards me. For a821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzlTnYIuYS
moment, I finally felt that everything was going to be alright and I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKpmUiwale
was going to be saved. When the stranger had finally come close enough 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCvE5npTiV
to help, my eyes flew to the hood trying to see if I could see the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWz9zpRngV
stranger’s face, but I still couldn’t see a thing. The stranger 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9n2ADRQ2I
continued to look down at me and even though I couldn’t see any facial 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusJ8kqqsgZ
features under the hood, I could feel the stranger’s eyes on me. When I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Oa2TWwNco
had hoped that the stranger was going to help me, that hope was soon 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0YDIr7Zmy
replaced with fear in an instant, even in the frozen state I was in. My 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4Wllu0Cm3
eyes bulged out in fear and I prayed in my heart for at least my nerves 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFJj43BAm7
to kick start again and I would be able to get away from this stranger 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvHF4OWLza
who I didn’t even know.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwHXnSU6kY
As I continued to pray 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBtDOCZUd4
to myself, the stranger soon knelt to the floor on one knee and the fear821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpVd5wI0TD
in me almost ended my fading heart. The stranger quickly stretched out 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFDI5v8iNC
his hand and held my cold neck. I could feel the strong hand grip 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw4UVWfC2H
tightly around my neck and he was choking me out with the little air I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz96XzvOEc6
could take in my cold state. When the stranger slowly stood, he was 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWqGS88jsq
dragging me upwards along with him. We were now staring at each other. I821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4R1mOwBVEx
could still feel the stranger’s gaze on me because it felt like needles821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ymeR9jhdX
were pierced into my eyes. I continued to stare back into the dark void821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3HIyYw5ph
under the hood feeling helpless. I wondered what this person was going 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfsy54IKhS
to do to me.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7ECizbmMt
Soon, a scythe appeared 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3dsM9LBF8
out of nowhere and it stood right beside the stranger in mid-air. The 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UQ9VocoCb
stranger took the scythe in his hand and in an instant, the scythe had 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMcFosYRus
transformed into a knife. My heart had started to beat faster than it 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnLM6Id1J2
had when I had been frozen. I had to admit that I was scared and I tried821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI2quL3iBH
to scream for help, but it was no use. No one was here to help me and 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3USi8bD2U
this stranger in front of me seemed to have made up his mind about what 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgbC7hUlH3
he was going to do with me. At that moment, I prayed that all of what I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBggovyuAg
was going through was just a bad dream.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpMndgRGti
I continued to stare at 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgFfnzs2Gf
the stranger in front of me, with a knife in hand. The hand around my 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SbkI9BSDs
neck tightened with every defying moment. I thought the stranger would 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJVWGh0nQH
have a final say before he drove that knife into me, but there was 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH1zmhkixP
nothing but silence between us. With all of my might, and with all the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwncTpfodBe
pain and coldness inside of me, I had forced myself to speak:821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGTRzHn56u
“Plea…..please……do…..don’t do this,” cold mist escaped my lips as I spoke. “What wrong have I done to deserve this?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNh06IZk0IC
A cold deafening voice 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUujuilb6k7
echoed around me from the stranger who had held me captive, it was a 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6PnHWt8VW
voice that could have sent anyone running for their lives:821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oC8cWEEDC
“Your time has come, Diana. This is your destiny and how it all ends!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUGNQ1Ss5z
Before I could say 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnGy3I3nMa
anything else, the knife quickly drove through my chest and I had felt 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Hf1kcgiIe
the piercing pain. Even though I was frozen I could feel the warm blood 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rJhsXywTH
flow out of my body and its coppery smell filled the air. I looked down 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P6vAfn4pq
on my chest and I saw the red smear of blood staining my shirt. The 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYqgecdoef
knife was quickly removed from my chest and the stranger drove it again,821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4OseakGZi
this time into my stomach. This time I screamed out in endless pain and821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehf1Tcaikb
my scream echoed around the deep void. The stranger continued to stab 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl29Dvrb30J
me in so many places and I was left in antagonising pain that I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UiwJhqyux
continued to scream until I reached a point where I couldn’t scream any 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlblvH9c97M
longer. I was numb with pain.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonN3hJwUPQ
My body soon felt limb 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYRqAo2xHu
and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and didn’t even know how I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HBaXyKpcs
had ended up down there. The stranger continued to look down at me as I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWkuyzR7dI
was bleeding out to death. I didn’t feel the pain anymore, though I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIjqRTZcKU
could feel something was living my body slowly. Was it my soul, I had 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wHoUDfp7b
wondered. My vision soon became blurry as images started flashing in my 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmBarq1Q0s
mind. Were those my memories of the life I had once lived? At that 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0kWgN2Lg1
moment I couldn’t even think or tell what was real and what wasn’t. My 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIt0w0TBXm
brain was dying so as the rest of my body. I could really feel myself 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp6AhxrkIy
fading into who knows where.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDx1Y2K8ZR
The stranger soon turned821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEIqWDwdRM
away from me with the knife in his hand which was covered in blood, in 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWibmAQWFe
my blood. As the stranger walked away, the knife in his hand soon turned821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXujRFzKfn
back into a scythe and the darkness swallowed the stranger out of 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfl7qIwsEa
sight. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT45BTdAwOh
And I was left in the darkness, in a pool of my own blood, as I breathed out my last. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUdSHgaZlt
“Diana!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHJb3EL3fa
My eyes quickly flew 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTspqlEkTE
open and for a moment, I was oblivious of my surrounding. I felt a hand 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe12GOSn03
on my shoulder and Christine stood right in front of me with Amanda 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvh3Xs0wbI
standing right behind her. They both had worried looks on their faces 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0n24DgKQE
and I hoped it had nothing to do with me.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36MExm0GuN
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOhxO7brcH
“We were wondering if you were alright,” Christine answered.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKxKI9S6XW
“I’m fine as you can 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnYL8cdk2m
see. There is nothing to worry about,” I tried to sound as normal as 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ug28CiPZd
possible after what I had just remembered.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QX4GB31Qc
“It doesn’t seem that way to us,” Amanda said. The look on her face made me even more worried than they were.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNDznyKuO4
“What do you mean?” I raised my eyebrow.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMwb0LphIk
Amanda and Christine 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFUi5kHTCa
turned to look at each other, looking concerned. They went back to 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8PCTE5fYy
looking at me like I had just said something stupid.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC00W6XuG9c
“Is someone going to tell me what’s up or do I have to play the guess game?” I snapped, growing impatient. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFL1x4IItL
“We came into the ward 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6pp9O3ist
and saw you seated on the bed with your eyes closed,” said Christine. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyeBXVXpJE
“When we called out to you, you didn’t respond. When we shook you, you 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYrIi46EVr
didn’t do anything. You just sat there as though you were deep into 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fgR9XYGRu
meditation. But when we touched your skin you were as cold as ice. So we821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIL6PMli56
grew worried, calling your name and shaking you, but to no avail. We 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjTXvh4Wc0
almost called for the nurse until your eyes flew open.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdNoy2ohXb
I sighed out in 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wzpgWYIN2
frustration as I buried my head into my hands. This was not happening. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHNaPAvnne
What was going on? I had died this morning but somehow came back to 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvJu9e6l1K
life. And now, just trying to remember my death made me go into a dead 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qMnv2FWh6
state all over again.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjCtCr0ZOM
“Hey, are you okay?” Christine asked. “What happened to you?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOncJCjkRDG
I looked up at my 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGNWcSdEoR
friends as they continued to stare down at me. I wasn’t quite sure 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZRVaIY9bp
whether to tell them that they had been right all along about this 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVURW1oqO8z
morning or just try to make up some excuse of a story. I finally decided821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYnGmIv4kX
to tell them the truth. I wasn’t going to bear carrying this secret 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAB7tF7S9k
around with me for long, so I sat upright and took a deep breath.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22DrS9f6K0
“Okay, I’ll tell you,” I821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKTbcDqUM1
said, trying to build up my confidence. I closed my eyes and opened 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWX9noUkft
them. And before I could open my mouth to speak, something strange 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KnPHHPDBm
happened.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk1v2q0wYs
A vision of the stranger821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOZy5qLxZn
in my dream had quickly appeared before my eyes. He still wore the same821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl3Ifv47UL
black cloak and hood. He had a knife in his hand. The same knife he had821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TdMwVnanw
used to kill me. And it was all covered in blood and he was carrying 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRjBMIkY50
something wrapped around his arm. A body all covered in blood.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfFtRQ9jbt
Christine’s body!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3ltcNbJGe
Was all of this a sign 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDKOqs9K0X
that I shouldn’t say anything? The vision had appeared out of nowhere, 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN20rsHclw
and that meant something. I swallowed hard as I quickly thought of what 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVJc3VOB8Y
to say next.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RAKxNmBHq
“I felt like I was 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx14dJOnNLE
coming down with something,” I lied. “I felt a little nauseous and I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnUyYkuIkX
tried sitting up on the bed hoping the feeling would go away.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1rjAdKGIc
“But we called out to you a thousand times,” Amanda said. “Why didn’t you say anything?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsSa18Weie
“I fell asleep,” I answered. “You know sometimes I fall asleep while I sit upright. I do so in class.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyO2Ue3ytK
That was probably the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu4lboqa4j
worst lie I have ever uttered in my entire life. I don’t how know how 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorryLxqZaU
those words came out of my mouth, but they did. I continued to look up 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFviKdd4ZYd
at my friends and I prayed that they would believe what I had just said.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4fNE9shwP
I had to admit, what I had said was pretty cheeky. I wasn’t going to be821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbmBbye8vq
surprised if they didn’t believe me.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczYCdJ6ZVo
“Oh, thank goodness,” said Christine in relief, placing her hand over her chest. “For a moment you had us all worried.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCIzxjK9lT
I quickly raised my left eyebrow. She believed that?821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tswmCsU4U
“Yes, me too,” said Amanda. “You shouldn’t scare us like that. What happened in the morning was more than enough.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrD7iKMmLZ
“I was just feeling tired and sick, that’s all,” I said, as I pretended to yawn.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3ggqleOgF
“Okay, well the time we 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9B8wF29nK
brought you here to the clinic the doctor attended to you and said 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmpfVmAJJn
nothing was wrong with you, you just had low blood pressure,” Christine 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ5NLwABIw
said.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6caNfKfemJ
“I thought I was coming down with malaria,” I said.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYv8PWSoyjf
“Well, I’m just glad 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLpUxJLGXY
you’re okay. Our dorm mates were really worried about you when you had 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvyldrbEXN
fainted,” said Amanda. “They will be glad to see that you’re okay.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnlAYcowxH
“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.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xc0SBDegn
“Whoa, hold on right 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHLxkg1Rod
there!” Christine held my shoulders and pushed me back on the bed. “You 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQZISC6Zln
are not going anywhere, my friend. The doctor said so.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FhgUGGacY
“But why? I’m perfectly fine,” I whined.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiHi7lXkP8
“You need to run through821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tVR89i10j
some checkups just in case this doesn’t become serious,” said Amanda. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkq5f0saU5F
“Looks like you have to stay here until tomorrow.” 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaULeYI59gh
Tomorrow! The clinic was821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tXoUM6XDD
the last place I wanted to stay in, and better yet, all alone without 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJYbjSeZaj
my friends. I soon started to think of the worst. What if the stranger 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64mAejRK2w
came after me again? And this time, in real life chasing me around the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbWxxTjY5D
clinic with his deadly scythe? I swallowed hard as I imagined all of 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQEfUsyjPh
that even happening.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sn6E4OWpY
“I can’t stay here,” I continued to protest. “I’m perfectly fine. Tell the doctor to come and check up on me again.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGc3werDqU
“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.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1I1OqKWG5
“But all of this is 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gPjZ5Iwnv
ridiculous. It’s just low blood pressure and you’re acting as though I 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru2j0XrPDt
have AIDS,” I was getting rather impatient. “Or is there something 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bMIrWOiy0
you’re not telling me?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ65vjat2n
“I don’t know, you have 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpskAd1pvB
to ask the doctor that. He said you can’t go back to school until you’re821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudKGukivpq
perfectly fine,” said Christine. “You better ask him why.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCu7ugniOy
“Okay, where is he?” I quickly stood up, getting ready to see the doctor myself.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg8nOwehN0
“He is busy with other patients at the moment,” said Christine. “You just have to wait and that will be like till evening.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinBwPyCXyt
I hate to admit it, but 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ey0V92MCB
Christine was right. There were a number of patients who came into this 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q4NLi3ym3
hospital each and every day. And considering this place to be rural 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeFPVijT9n
area, a lot of people were prone to capture some tropical diseases and 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N2gMVhyIB
others. And there weren’t many doctors in the clinic to attend to all 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid1Q4ToerG
those in need of treatment. I just had to be considerate enough and give821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B4yimUF3H
the doctor some time until he checked up on me again. I just sat down 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4Oq08Y70p
on my bed in defeat.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mv2V6zl0V
“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.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JA3mg8tS7
“Speaking of class, the 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf9D1hXjlA
time for our break is almost up. We better leave,” said Amanda. “I don’t821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHqH0Z6eL5
want to be late and end up on the offenders’ list.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbOPlFobr8
“You guys go ahead,” I said. “I will get your books tomorrow and copy the notes.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlmuPZ1EK6
“Alright, take care of yourself. We might come back in the evening to say goodnight,” said Christine.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyiP1gn35k
“Okay,” I said dully as I821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICg3oTWCEj
lay down on the bed. It was going to be pretty boring without my 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84HKFyfGFv
friends around and I sighed as they left the room. I was left completely821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYrPZkU9j7
alone in the ward staring at the blank white ceiling above me.
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