I finally remember.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UBHYBqow1
My eyes quickly flew 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35iEw6j5Oh
open as a sudden sense of familiarity came over me. I was at the school 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GZRupeaEJ
clinic and as I sat up on the bed, I realised that the ward was empty. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3MXXqsoo3
The white coloured walls greeted me with warmth as the sun rays 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4YvUFdUbm
reflecting through the windows gave the room a wonderful glow. As I took875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu2ClIIQQP
in the warmth, everything came back to me. I had fainted in the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rkdBm5Fct
orchard. That wasn’t the only thing that I remembered. There was a whole875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdFT8py3sg
lot to it than I had realised.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclCq75ywy5
“I now remember,” I said aloud to the empty ward.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagbfMNODOc
Everything came back to 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIGcUXOiTC
me in flash like it had in the orchard when I saw the mysterious 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4ZLO9KpZI
stranger who was standing behind Amanda. When I had looked at the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zCBqvh5BA
stranger, I finally remembered what had happened to me when those images875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNEk44kM5a
came running into my mind. I now remember what had happened to me 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkHWAQ6Btj
before I woke up this morning. I hated to say this to myself, but 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4dHyyqb4Y
Christine was right. Something was wrong with me and it had started all 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd76JF0Q1SX
the way from the time I had failed to wake up this morning until now. As875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwcqmS1uGi
I tried to go through what I could recall from the images that had run 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZpdEgSYPE
into my head earlier, I felt I was hit in the face with a reality check.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ250mLi7qFi
I had died in my sleep.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHcFy2c1tS
“You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjgaVW8IJZ
“I was there when 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvx9KXjQLqm
Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even move an inch. You just 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ357A2nL4XP
laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2JOtI694I
I recalled what 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj4O4ie2MY
Christine and Amanda had told me earlier. They were right and what I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLHaIxMT6G
could remember proved it all. I had died in my sleep and as far as I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2iqAfYzJd
could remember, only one person knew why. The stranger who came to the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DkA3UqE2s
orchard was the same person in my dreams. And surprisingly, the same 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNXkHDOrdr
stranger was the one who took my life.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs5Hcyt4yM
I closed my eyes and 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROlHvsXRvF
everything became clear as I remembered what had happened to me in my 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSirWFKNc7
dreams. Everything around me was empty and dark. I couldn’t even tell if875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJnGwhIiSY
I was floating in the air in the deep void of nothingness or if I had 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6Ek55U4Bo
my feet planted to the floor. There was no sign of life, light or any 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHoWGUGl0e
object I could feel or grab onto. I was nowhere, in a place where things875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YtaqP6vFK
never existed.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DpyvJDF6b
Then, out of nowhere, 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwxpxlXIUI
something had appeared right before my eyes, a few feet away from me. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT5t7wIdJu
For a moment I couldn’t tell what it was because it was too dark and the875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxFd89Tu1m
same object that had appeared before seemed to be covered in a black 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfsQQaNReJ
cloth that swirled around as if there was the presence of wind when it 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKJAPdiiPm
actually wasn’t there. I adjusted my eyes a little more to see more 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWh93ZiyfJ
clearly. The object was kind of tall and before I could have realised it875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGDFK4bz6e
sooner, the object that stood before me was a human being in a black 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD26Q7MJpSU
long cloak. And whoever it was was facing my direction looking at me. I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvcGXNliR8
couldn’t see eyes or even a face underneath the hood; it was dark, dark 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoSEsTBWLt
as the environment around us. For a moment, it seemed like we were just 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hdtLwkt6a
staring at each other until I got a feeling in me that this person in 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjABwv2RbR
front of me was creeping me out. The air around us started to get cold 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEuka1yBx4
and each second that passed became colder and colder. At some point I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bv8BvwO4W
breathed out air and an icy cold mist escaped from my nostrils. It was 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLhVzqTd3I
definitely getting cold and it felt like I was stuck in a freezer. I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt45UBAt0qa
started to shiver so violently and when I looked at my hands, they were 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEq9YJKjqa
icy blue. My hands soon felt numb from the cold, so did my face and legs875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUD3SLbkmC
too. In a matter of minutes, my body had turned cold and blue. My body 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzOV22o4EG
had become numb with cold and at that moment, my legs gave way and I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm72HvflrL
fell to the cold floor which had suddenly turned into a hard cold layer 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71AAw9QUpV
of ice. I tried to move, but I was so still. The nerves in my body 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKXEoncRxI
seemed to have frozen up too but it was a wonder how my brain was still 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ppjdySBHL
functioning because I was completely aware of what was going on and I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEWtR0cSlU
could see the stranger in the dark cloak just staring back at me not 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbECC3YaQem
doing anything to help.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5DM0hmQKW
I tried moving my icy 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ud5BtNEhZ
blue lips, but it was no use. I couldn’t even feel them. My lungs had 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbehnKuyLUA
stung with pain inside me and I was scared that they were going to stop 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxTiaq7jM1
functioning right there and then. What kept my hopes up was the beating 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUx2zEKdWs1
of my heart; though I could hear every heart beat grow faint as the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcFZOR1G1r
coldness in me took over. I continued to stare at the stranger in front 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NZHKHAy2S
of me, praying that he could do something to help me.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiNdC65v2r
As though my thoughts 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2kLWwr3Vg
had finally been heard, the stranger took a step closer towards me. For a875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZve2foFEv
moment, I finally felt that everything was going to be alright and I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbSe2ykOHs
was going to be saved. When the stranger had finally come close enough 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0pp2ZwOKh
to help, my eyes flew to the hood trying to see if I could see the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgqL8qYWqC
stranger’s face, but I still couldn’t see a thing. The stranger 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hwUFFGIcP
continued to look down at me and even though I couldn’t see any facial 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f5A7KFW8R
features under the hood, I could feel the stranger’s eyes on me. When I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuBwjajWMQ
had hoped that the stranger was going to help me, that hope was soon 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrBpU8iWS0
replaced with fear in an instant, even in the frozen state I was in. My 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnrgYT8vTk
eyes bulged out in fear and I prayed in my heart for at least my nerves 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdyxrsNY6g
to kick start again and I would be able to get away from this stranger 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYfcSiGbV8
who I didn’t even know.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUICUyzW4el
As I continued to pray 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g6hZwyxDE
to myself, the stranger soon knelt to the floor on one knee and the fear875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhGSQgr33z
in me almost ended my fading heart. The stranger quickly stretched out 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NNSxwXDKW
his hand and held my cold neck. I could feel the strong hand grip 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYz87PpINn
tightly around my neck and he was choking me out with the little air I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T3Nb5AC6U
could take in my cold state. When the stranger slowly stood, he was 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6yF2rop2M
dragging me upwards along with him. We were now staring at each other. I875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCMGpL7bHt
could still feel the stranger’s gaze on me because it felt like needles875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5qWb9Q8Om
were pierced into my eyes. I continued to stare back into the dark void875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKTh2iaPYO
under the hood feeling helpless. I wondered what this person was going 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqesYj8ENHi
to do to me.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvIJwEkSQV
Soon, a scythe appeared 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHnXjvLxDW
out of nowhere and it stood right beside the stranger in mid-air. The 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEeQbQsdOg
stranger took the scythe in his hand and in an instant, the scythe had 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CtBdwlawa
transformed into a knife. My heart had started to beat faster than it 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpuLv3bGpD
had when I had been frozen. I had to admit that I was scared and I tried875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaogdYj01vA
to scream for help, but it was no use. No one was here to help me and 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYob0qyGnZ
this stranger in front of me seemed to have made up his mind about what 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJWQ3hMIcc
he was going to do with me. At that moment, I prayed that all of what I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBLNhl4ODd
was going through was just a bad dream.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL42pPzlAo
I continued to stare at 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYWrcC6agm
the stranger in front of me, with a knife in hand. The hand around my 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabNMxmC6oa
neck tightened with every defying moment. I thought the stranger would 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbcOBLcm5r
have a final say before he drove that knife into me, but there was 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHz8CeZ8H3
nothing but silence between us. With all of my might, and with all the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTawzmDyW2
pain and coldness inside of me, I had forced myself to speak:875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh9xjRuEm5
“Plea…..please……do…..don’t do this,” cold mist escaped my lips as I spoke. “What wrong have I done to deserve this?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iT9tZod82
A cold deafening voice 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqJXlyeTgl
echoed around me from the stranger who had held me captive, it was a 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMohwxFYBn
voice that could have sent anyone running for their lives:875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJLXr1ACai
“Your time has come, Diana. This is your destiny and how it all ends!”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwi39hxtlJ
Before I could say 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNxGrKgmwC
anything else, the knife quickly drove through my chest and I had felt 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL9zEicf0e
the piercing pain. Even though I was frozen I could feel the warm blood 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8ZLetl8jn
flow out of my body and its coppery smell filled the air. I looked down 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSNO3b0fmj
on my chest and I saw the red smear of blood staining my shirt. The 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScLk3AFhD2
knife was quickly removed from my chest and the stranger drove it again,875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvi8p4PaLQ
this time into my stomach. This time I screamed out in endless pain and875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4G0L661yVE
my scream echoed around the deep void. The stranger continued to stab 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC3EiGMde9
me in so many places and I was left in antagonising pain that I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvJzyNMNWO
continued to scream until I reached a point where I couldn’t scream any 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KXGUuF8CB
longer. I was numb with pain.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhZkEDRpkB
My body soon felt limb 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZJNiWkLKb
and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and didn’t even know how I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf0oltoAbv
had ended up down there. The stranger continued to look down at me as I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT6Kx2IPQ6
was bleeding out to death. I didn’t feel the pain anymore, though I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLARBFePbhM
could feel something was living my body slowly. Was it my soul, I had 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk83ekanD8
wondered. My vision soon became blurry as images started flashing in my 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRJCNSW9s9
mind. Were those my memories of the life I had once lived? At that 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR18Y0stuO
moment I couldn’t even think or tell what was real and what wasn’t. My 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweui9EQNyW
brain was dying so as the rest of my body. I could really feel myself 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3mjz7DPgh
fading into who knows where.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHnoTWi66G
The stranger soon turned875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnV0MzImV1
away from me with the knife in his hand which was covered in blood, in 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcUJ69Xsxm
my blood. As the stranger walked away, the knife in his hand soon turned875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ1BxER8YM
back into a scythe and the darkness swallowed the stranger out of 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrTAt9tFaA
sight. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6NSdH6cZI
And I was left in the darkness, in a pool of my own blood, as I breathed out my last. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpvp7wRUw2
“Diana!”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9zSL9MVAk
My eyes quickly flew 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr9TbIHZst
open and for a moment, I was oblivious of my surrounding. I felt a hand 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp45UM6cKmx
on my shoulder and Christine stood right in front of me with Amanda 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9G7dc60Bp
standing right behind her. They both had worried looks on their faces 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcd6Goa42j
and I hoped it had nothing to do with me.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbAI7i3ath
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo79xtVBeMs
“We were wondering if you were alright,” Christine answered.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHM5ITmv1K
“I’m fine as you can 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FSOhv51Qr
see. There is nothing to worry about,” I tried to sound as normal as 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApZb3pjOEf
possible after what I had just remembered.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKY32zTBDY
“It doesn’t seem that way to us,” Amanda said. The look on her face made me even more worried than they were.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFoBVUzWw8
“What do you mean?” I raised my eyebrow.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQXimGIEr2
Amanda and Christine 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uNHtpyNCD
turned to look at each other, looking concerned. They went back to 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi8oYMG7TH
looking at me like I had just said something stupid.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W1ymcGE1k
“Is someone going to tell me what’s up or do I have to play the guess game?” I snapped, growing impatient. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0f4R4y5Fj
“We came into the ward 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhCuWa97Uh
and saw you seated on the bed with your eyes closed,” said Christine. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a1nqUmdnE
“When we called out to you, you didn’t respond. When we shook you, you 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQeCvKT2Df
didn’t do anything. You just sat there as though you were deep into 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHeBzaBiRk
meditation. But when we touched your skin you were as cold as ice. So we875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXCIdB7Scx
grew worried, calling your name and shaking you, but to no avail. We 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHUrtrJ9Yx
almost called for the nurse until your eyes flew open.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57dLgiLVzx
I sighed out in 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEdJ13Z3uU
frustration as I buried my head into my hands. This was not happening. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAPDAT3XvL
What was going on? I had died this morning but somehow came back to 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM37dxZktDJ
life. And now, just trying to remember my death made me go into a dead 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPFazgiSm2
state all over again.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmYl1jgmG0
“Hey, are you okay?” Christine asked. “What happened to you?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJTIeivfkr
I looked up at my 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUaOzX1IU7
friends as they continued to stare down at me. I wasn’t quite sure 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylwqSmzvhA
whether to tell them that they had been right all along about this 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvVerfwlc1
morning or just try to make up some excuse of a story. I finally decided875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcwzTvoLHn
to tell them the truth. I wasn’t going to bear carrying this secret 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkAu1lDSWp
around with me for long, so I sat upright and took a deep breath.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5IDtmMb91
“Okay, I’ll tell you,” I875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZrrwD6v7b
said, trying to build up my confidence. I closed my eyes and opened 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMy0WHi7Zf
them. And before I could open my mouth to speak, something strange 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj80mDxowp
happened.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSpQk4IEyu
A vision of the stranger875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo4RlLZNI2
in my dream had quickly appeared before my eyes. He still wore the same875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5dvZET0Qy
black cloak and hood. He had a knife in his hand. The same knife he had875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsUWl6XqVr
used to kill me. And it was all covered in blood and he was carrying 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEQGo47rCo
something wrapped around his arm. A body all covered in blood.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7qwQQeIHw
Christine’s body!875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAo9ZTJbsn
Was all of this a sign 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasYlc6qfK8
that I shouldn’t say anything? The vision had appeared out of nowhere, 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQYJ04PAwj
and that meant something. I swallowed hard as I quickly thought of what 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mvb6pRg0f
to say next.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsRAG0jkr2
“I felt like I was 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuedBxSpnl6
coming down with something,” I lied. “I felt a little nauseous and I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQX0UVh5ppQ
tried sitting up on the bed hoping the feeling would go away.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvEeXCzz8R
“But we called out to you a thousand times,” Amanda said. “Why didn’t you say anything?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRoTGiqOkp
“I fell asleep,” I answered. “You know sometimes I fall asleep while I sit upright. I do so in class.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uJzu04NSi
That was probably the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58aQF16aIC
worst lie I have ever uttered in my entire life. I don’t how know how 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJwcx1rQTZ
those words came out of my mouth, but they did. I continued to look up 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hz7nyfh4i
at my friends and I prayed that they would believe what I had just said.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA3EmYYjqT
I had to admit, what I had said was pretty cheeky. I wasn’t going to be875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX0TzdRRMQ
surprised if they didn’t believe me.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshJ1jB9PpJ
“Oh, thank goodness,” said Christine in relief, placing her hand over her chest. “For a moment you had us all worried.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CWLqnOmSc
I quickly raised my left eyebrow. She believed that?875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTYYy91bRP
“Yes, me too,” said Amanda. “You shouldn’t scare us like that. What happened in the morning was more than enough.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURTwsmF9zX
“I was just feeling tired and sick, that’s all,” I said, as I pretended to yawn.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeD71KYNAR
“Okay, well the time we 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlZo5Onm0Q
brought you here to the clinic the doctor attended to you and said 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlf8jrDc0L
nothing was wrong with you, you just had low blood pressure,” Christine 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbkeXmKsrc
said.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkghpsTcqfh
“I thought I was coming down with malaria,” I said.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktl22F77Cg
“Well, I’m just glad 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30VHLxqWkp
you’re okay. Our dorm mates were really worried about you when you had 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAZRmSXWDy
fainted,” said Amanda. “They will be glad to see that you’re okay.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vogQe8Hpm
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUnvvinZTk
“Whoa, hold on right 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6UdLwsqrA
there!” Christine held my shoulders and pushed me back on the bed. “You 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYI7am5A98
are not going anywhere, my friend. The doctor said so.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla1120qFhp
“But why? I’m perfectly fine,” I whined.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGw9krCmj7
“You need to run through875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcK2bZnOPX
some checkups just in case this doesn’t become serious,” said Amanda. 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGalWiaD6HQ
“Looks like you have to stay here until tomorrow.” 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4eqM7DXrb
Tomorrow! The clinic was875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUx6PyO7Il
the last place I wanted to stay in, and better yet, all alone without 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLde5k0rNuS
my friends. I soon started to think of the worst. What if the stranger 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL6o2if0qj
came after me again? And this time, in real life chasing me around the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm2mjVaAXZ
clinic with his deadly scythe? I swallowed hard as I imagined all of 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61SQbrBitn
that even happening.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqshHVtfEDZ
“I can’t stay here,” I continued to protest. “I’m perfectly fine. Tell the doctor to come and check up on me again.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAxfXfRgcs
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uMgpNz8ga
“But all of this is 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw5bECESpy
ridiculous. It’s just low blood pressure and you’re acting as though I 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5LoscypaW
have AIDS,” I was getting rather impatient. “Or is there something 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r75kVijqZ
you’re not telling me?”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUtBnK1qL6
“I don’t know, you have 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrocuKveGB
to ask the doctor that. He said you can’t go back to school until you’re875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5gXZnTifN
perfectly fine,” said Christine. “You better ask him why.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FH1QUKshR
“Okay, where is he?” I quickly stood up, getting ready to see the doctor myself.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KaSuIQive
“He is busy with other patients at the moment,” said Christine. “You just have to wait and that will be like till evening.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cCgJwvIpV
I hate to admit it, but 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOse9B9D9B
Christine was right. There were a number of patients who came into this 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FOYv45V0s
hospital each and every day. And considering this place to be rural 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcM9OnJL29
area, a lot of people were prone to capture some tropical diseases and 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNHu42nytf
others. And there weren’t many doctors in the clinic to attend to all 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF5NPXdHor
those in need of treatment. I just had to be considerate enough and give875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhOoSlNQHw
the doctor some time until he checked up on me again. I just sat down 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb4l3T3r3j
on my bed in defeat.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V6vLuHUwY
“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.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKi9Iw3wpV
“Speaking of class, the 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC6H3TOfwd
time for our break is almost up. We better leave,” said Amanda. “I don’t875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEG5sDgKXzg
want to be late and end up on the offenders’ list.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0Ehwku8Sx
“You guys go ahead,” I said. “I will get your books tomorrow and copy the notes.”875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhc7ZkRTjZ
“Alright, take care of yourself. We might come back in the evening to say goodnight,” said Christine.875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLFP14nCqq
“Okay,” I said dully as I875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM1Hx8ZLuY
lay down on the bed. It was going to be pretty boring without my 875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nIKeDaYeI
friends around and I sighed as they left the room. I was left completely875Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F40d6ECxO
alone in the ward staring at the blank white ceiling above me.
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