I finally remember.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTfzBDKQmj
My eyes quickly flew 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWbC8GB6gB
open as a sudden sense of familiarity came over me. I was at the school 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mPcs6JNyd
clinic and as I sat up on the bed, I realised that the ward was empty. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcHrZ3j9rk
The white coloured walls greeted me with warmth as the sun rays 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkvSojM7Yj
reflecting through the windows gave the room a wonderful glow. As I took841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInXe6bGm0o
in the warmth, everything came back to me. I had fainted in the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKcKYgAGvA
orchard. That wasn’t the only thing that I remembered. There was a whole841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz42mRmMQm
lot to it than I had realised.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUoN82Dz2e
“I now remember,” I said aloud to the empty ward.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiMkjuTXuc
Everything came back to 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMD6GJTQZX
me in flash like it had in the orchard when I saw the mysterious 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tV0KMbYqu
stranger who was standing behind Amanda. When I had looked at the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjO4t9FL9z
stranger, I finally remembered what had happened to me when those images841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUJr3vSAZB
came running into my mind. I now remember what had happened to me 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6WT0F94iG
before I woke up this morning. I hated to say this to myself, but 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ETJyjkqLF
Christine was right. Something was wrong with me and it had started all 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua8WRc7hm4
the way from the time I had failed to wake up this morning until now. As841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrXiKl4MNu
I tried to go through what I could recall from the images that had run 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5cSSqL5MM
into my head earlier, I felt I was hit in the face with a reality check.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80d2ff6Lny
I had died in my sleep.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lqYz62EJF
“You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjlvTmxrHw
“I was there when 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bYbdYuiRO
Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even move an inch. You just 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7fLfALcfj
laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkkI83ZnDX
I recalled what 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu72BsT4KS
Christine and Amanda had told me earlier. They were right and what I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WTnntx5WJ
could remember proved it all. I had died in my sleep and as far as I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7HhngJoi4
could remember, only one person knew why. The stranger who came to the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheQUDSr4xu
orchard was the same person in my dreams. And surprisingly, the same 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvpF1cyQw6
stranger was the one who took my life.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujriEGdzhr
I closed my eyes and 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOcnPfdvoI
everything became clear as I remembered what had happened to me in my 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPO7ztytFg
dreams. Everything around me was empty and dark. I couldn’t even tell if841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrnSODkaiN
I was floating in the air in the deep void of nothingness or if I had 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUalmCRZUT
my feet planted to the floor. There was no sign of life, light or any 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwcYXRg2ag
object I could feel or grab onto. I was nowhere, in a place where things841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaMhlQsNXc
never existed.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnlSiXiLaf
Then, out of nowhere, 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8ivc6F6iY
something had appeared right before my eyes, a few feet away from me. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnrWEZcA52
For a moment I couldn’t tell what it was because it was too dark and the841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtcrVqcq68
same object that had appeared before seemed to be covered in a black 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZdoK3E5rZ
cloth that swirled around as if there was the presence of wind when it 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQP6VCkC2Tv
actually wasn’t there. I adjusted my eyes a little more to see more 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhxU9EZ7jr
clearly. The object was kind of tall and before I could have realised it841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6SfBGYH0b
sooner, the object that stood before me was a human being in a black 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqErrs9MLgK
long cloak. And whoever it was was facing my direction looking at me. I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QYRBZ8J9T
couldn’t see eyes or even a face underneath the hood; it was dark, dark 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf2u85NC4F
as the environment around us. For a moment, it seemed like we were just 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHKNvKlPB5
staring at each other until I got a feeling in me that this person in 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU4Ro6EAly
front of me was creeping me out. The air around us started to get cold 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtxEshg3SE
and each second that passed became colder and colder. At some point I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNOp18hyZ9
breathed out air and an icy cold mist escaped from my nostrils. It was 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc1mClSrpw
definitely getting cold and it felt like I was stuck in a freezer. I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtspwcLBh60
started to shiver so violently and when I looked at my hands, they were 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElWZ3NxDQ8
icy blue. My hands soon felt numb from the cold, so did my face and legs841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMNKO9r2LF
too. In a matter of minutes, my body had turned cold and blue. My body 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhB8DtRBMt
had become numb with cold and at that moment, my legs gave way and I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPOmTK0ctY
fell to the cold floor which had suddenly turned into a hard cold layer 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmo9DBOH6U
of ice. I tried to move, but I was so still. The nerves in my body 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8OQTHUxq5
seemed to have frozen up too but it was a wonder how my brain was still 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E04zMggwo
functioning because I was completely aware of what was going on and I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRgEaSfEUr
could see the stranger in the dark cloak just staring back at me not 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6guInZYQ2W
doing anything to help.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2lpyJhf58
I tried moving my icy 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ3zOny267
blue lips, but it was no use. I couldn’t even feel them. My lungs had 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NkXQ3pNJP
stung with pain inside me and I was scared that they were going to stop 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP9ru4BoLb
functioning right there and then. What kept my hopes up was the beating 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsCESboBlN
of my heart; though I could hear every heart beat grow faint as the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7YSdV7iMH
coldness in me took over. I continued to stare at the stranger in front 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIJvSiEIeC
of me, praying that he could do something to help me.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoH5hT2q3r
As though my thoughts 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OEtieTCcV
had finally been heard, the stranger took a step closer towards me. For a841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQWegOGGSI
moment, I finally felt that everything was going to be alright and I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfPqbv6OMS
was going to be saved. When the stranger had finally come close enough 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlPAyPb13c
to help, my eyes flew to the hood trying to see if I could see the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivU4RdQ8eN
stranger’s face, but I still couldn’t see a thing. The stranger 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUTEfMSrwo
continued to look down at me and even though I couldn’t see any facial 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYyXkvHlir
features under the hood, I could feel the stranger’s eyes on me. When I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1hY2tRUjQ
had hoped that the stranger was going to help me, that hope was soon 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVSBNl0Y3r
replaced with fear in an instant, even in the frozen state I was in. My 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SK0JPd8Dh
eyes bulged out in fear and I prayed in my heart for at least my nerves 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyrvQceTCS
to kick start again and I would be able to get away from this stranger 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxq2P8aTJP
who I didn’t even know.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdQIBJcera
As I continued to pray 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eXPzp2ihN
to myself, the stranger soon knelt to the floor on one knee and the fear841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rYr20jshF
in me almost ended my fading heart. The stranger quickly stretched out 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGqRXYbccP
his hand and held my cold neck. I could feel the strong hand grip 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDDiRdb62u
tightly around my neck and he was choking me out with the little air I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyN5jheLLg
could take in my cold state. When the stranger slowly stood, he was 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuLTzyr6Ox
dragging me upwards along with him. We were now staring at each other. I841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GSJh4TyIS
could still feel the stranger’s gaze on me because it felt like needles841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi1vWFphPR
were pierced into my eyes. I continued to stare back into the dark void841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGP2aXS50e
under the hood feeling helpless. I wondered what this person was going 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpF3XnV46J
to do to me.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJngblqNop
Soon, a scythe appeared 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R320QLx40
out of nowhere and it stood right beside the stranger in mid-air. The 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsZxXwyGO5
stranger took the scythe in his hand and in an instant, the scythe had 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfwfZPiGSs
transformed into a knife. My heart had started to beat faster than it 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqD6LDZ0U0
had when I had been frozen. I had to admit that I was scared and I tried841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N6AjO5TEC
to scream for help, but it was no use. No one was here to help me and 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aovV542QZ
this stranger in front of me seemed to have made up his mind about what 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFXMGftUig
he was going to do with me. At that moment, I prayed that all of what I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEkz1IAvAd
was going through was just a bad dream.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSOGlQuviv
I continued to stare at 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3m1LcBoFZ
the stranger in front of me, with a knife in hand. The hand around my 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4T8MIJ4Fs
neck tightened with every defying moment. I thought the stranger would 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zPYEcoCpF
have a final say before he drove that knife into me, but there was 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpKEfrtcRb
nothing but silence between us. With all of my might, and with all the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbph2kidzm
pain and coldness inside of me, I had forced myself to speak:841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1GuGbnEQI
“Plea…..please……do…..don’t do this,” cold mist escaped my lips as I spoke. “What wrong have I done to deserve this?”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEoVehIYUO
A cold deafening voice 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHK5IUaCl3
echoed around me from the stranger who had held me captive, it was a 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR54yvy10xf
voice that could have sent anyone running for their lives:841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQz3DVJNQP
“Your time has come, Diana. This is your destiny and how it all ends!”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMoSzfgB8I
Before I could say 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttK6ywoqPg
anything else, the knife quickly drove through my chest and I had felt 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQyiPNMG6q
the piercing pain. Even though I was frozen I could feel the warm blood 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamqbw8TJI0
flow out of my body and its coppery smell filled the air. I looked down 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQD7QmWtd2
on my chest and I saw the red smear of blood staining my shirt. The 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqVHG87S3E
knife was quickly removed from my chest and the stranger drove it again,841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnOWI9CDO2
this time into my stomach. This time I screamed out in endless pain and841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23yECr8hdL
my scream echoed around the deep void. The stranger continued to stab 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UPyYwDfN8
me in so many places and I was left in antagonising pain that I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW7TCEw0Lo
continued to scream until I reached a point where I couldn’t scream any 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi4DDYQ15B
longer. I was numb with pain.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLx68apecI
My body soon felt limb 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtI01Qps5Hh
and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and didn’t even know how I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWxg7zOxmi
had ended up down there. The stranger continued to look down at me as I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQgXM1t0JH
was bleeding out to death. I didn’t feel the pain anymore, though I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIngm5Z68S
could feel something was living my body slowly. Was it my soul, I had 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0auQHDGA1
wondered. My vision soon became blurry as images started flashing in my 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA4loGZ8RD
mind. Were those my memories of the life I had once lived? At that 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95BNFHYvN1
moment I couldn’t even think or tell what was real and what wasn’t. My 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgWtMsfmC3
brain was dying so as the rest of my body. I could really feel myself 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC2LWniSB8
fading into who knows where.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LtBiemWqa
The stranger soon turned841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTMrUM9rP4
away from me with the knife in his hand which was covered in blood, in 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfAGRPP9Sg
my blood. As the stranger walked away, the knife in his hand soon turned841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp5z0N0qlU
back into a scythe and the darkness swallowed the stranger out of 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL3qim0Tgt
sight. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsWcuDy5wZ
And I was left in the darkness, in a pool of my own blood, as I breathed out my last. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyFImXcFaw
“Diana!”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttDIkLDUw4
My eyes quickly flew 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqlhfcPhEn
open and for a moment, I was oblivious of my surrounding. I felt a hand 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrToqxL5gEi
on my shoulder and Christine stood right in front of me with Amanda 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt2HJakHR1
standing right behind her. They both had worried looks on their faces 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YyJPMZ10b
and I hoped it had nothing to do with me.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mjfXWqzmv
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRThaxgynz
“We were wondering if you were alright,” Christine answered.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzV1y0lS7ro
“I’m fine as you can 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJR5ewcMfz
see. There is nothing to worry about,” I tried to sound as normal as 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz7Zdy4X7f
possible after what I had just remembered.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uCXOQYy6b
“It doesn’t seem that way to us,” Amanda said. The look on her face made me even more worried than they were.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMSwzuCB2k
“What do you mean?” I raised my eyebrow.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMGRuK3bTE
Amanda and Christine 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4OJlk0lv5
turned to look at each other, looking concerned. They went back to 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvGENt4B4y
looking at me like I had just said something stupid.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wnQYZ4EtN
“Is someone going to tell me what’s up or do I have to play the guess game?” I snapped, growing impatient. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nEKQ6EBLH
“We came into the ward 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWPEjcmhFg
and saw you seated on the bed with your eyes closed,” said Christine. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4noJ9u0Vw
“When we called out to you, you didn’t respond. When we shook you, you 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbDaksZtPC
didn’t do anything. You just sat there as though you were deep into 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVyaGWBXaA
meditation. But when we touched your skin you were as cold as ice. So we841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jP6mWklG9
grew worried, calling your name and shaking you, but to no avail. We 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIvH6IaP7V
almost called for the nurse until your eyes flew open.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhACR8lbVQg
I sighed out in 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAWOvJowgI
frustration as I buried my head into my hands. This was not happening. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MUF7gtAiS
What was going on? I had died this morning but somehow came back to 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0uWZ05N8Y
life. And now, just trying to remember my death made me go into a dead 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmEGECOTHA
state all over again.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi24cFcAi5
“Hey, are you okay?” Christine asked. “What happened to you?”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkXz5zWGYG
I looked up at my 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F8bEoSTO5
friends as they continued to stare down at me. I wasn’t quite sure 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZEm6DUFua
whether to tell them that they had been right all along about this 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikcUefdXcG
morning or just try to make up some excuse of a story. I finally decided841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f7nFK9wEj
to tell them the truth. I wasn’t going to bear carrying this secret 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwt9e89jk6Y
around with me for long, so I sat upright and took a deep breath.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC3cg6H22h
“Okay, I’ll tell you,” I841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkqrweizgu
said, trying to build up my confidence. I closed my eyes and opened 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOm6TzSzC0
them. And before I could open my mouth to speak, something strange 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeTM7GEoTN
happened.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJq0tUky5Q
A vision of the stranger841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy3GSM1jCA
in my dream had quickly appeared before my eyes. He still wore the same841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQocZHt92Te
black cloak and hood. He had a knife in his hand. The same knife he had841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMzPohm2hG
used to kill me. And it was all covered in blood and he was carrying 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBQKFSFVXz
something wrapped around his arm. A body all covered in blood.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyeJwLPnJa
Christine’s body!841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDrUdSQzKg
Was all of this a sign 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwq6ZujQx1
that I shouldn’t say anything? The vision had appeared out of nowhere, 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHfM1Qv9nF
and that meant something. I swallowed hard as I quickly thought of what 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXsRa6s2v9
to say next.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54S9Cx8pZC
“I felt like I was 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡow0SnamrTR
coming down with something,” I lied. “I felt a little nauseous and I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbKLCOlEPo
tried sitting up on the bed hoping the feeling would go away.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtaTQnyAnU
“But we called out to you a thousand times,” Amanda said. “Why didn’t you say anything?”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGNtMthmtX
“I fell asleep,” I answered. “You know sometimes I fall asleep while I sit upright. I do so in class.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPRpeGygEO
That was probably the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LflVOwVUd
worst lie I have ever uttered in my entire life. I don’t how know how 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtJutkr0fw
those words came out of my mouth, but they did. I continued to look up 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ4Lgeu1Qd
at my friends and I prayed that they would believe what I had just said.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgtPjp76PQ
I had to admit, what I had said was pretty cheeky. I wasn’t going to be841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Hp6eSf9Yr
surprised if they didn’t believe me.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyhgYLCFK7
“Oh, thank goodness,” said Christine in relief, placing her hand over her chest. “For a moment you had us all worried.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhKJLNDZ6b
I quickly raised my left eyebrow. She believed that?841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix6Jaj2GLz
“Yes, me too,” said Amanda. “You shouldn’t scare us like that. What happened in the morning was more than enough.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6z30nOhj6
“I was just feeling tired and sick, that’s all,” I said, as I pretended to yawn.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJIg11WozK
“Okay, well the time we 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPH2HvQsJG
brought you here to the clinic the doctor attended to you and said 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfIo7h5jY9
nothing was wrong with you, you just had low blood pressure,” Christine 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfs2YA5pFd
said.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqMBr26ezO
“I thought I was coming down with malaria,” I said.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYmSITz5cX
“Well, I’m just glad 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bgqI7TnVq
you’re okay. Our dorm mates were really worried about you when you had 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iqRKdpAOF
fainted,” said Amanda. “They will be glad to see that you’re okay.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vf4QAJf5g
“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.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rjP49TpKB
“Whoa, hold on right 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwQ44ZXSGi
there!” Christine held my shoulders and pushed me back on the bed. “You 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUvHUyIIEX
are not going anywhere, my friend. The doctor said so.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pGk2nCoG8
“But why? I’m perfectly fine,” I whined.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbSgqnu5VR
“You need to run through841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxWQB7SdfR
some checkups just in case this doesn’t become serious,” said Amanda. 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaP20kXdKh
“Looks like you have to stay here until tomorrow.” 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPIYHwz8LH
Tomorrow! The clinic was841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZonljXbkW
the last place I wanted to stay in, and better yet, all alone without 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr0Re3D3bo
my friends. I soon started to think of the worst. What if the stranger 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTp9qsCoxQ
came after me again? And this time, in real life chasing me around the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENu0dZPj0r
clinic with his deadly scythe? I swallowed hard as I imagined all of 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpmrDSJIb0
that even happening.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQ7bc8zqlt
“I can’t stay here,” I continued to protest. “I’m perfectly fine. Tell the doctor to come and check up on me again.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRqZSDo8Ys
“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.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViQTs9odze
“But all of this is 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsHqWnLKzT
ridiculous. It’s just low blood pressure and you’re acting as though I 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAgXdjNzWX
have AIDS,” I was getting rather impatient. “Or is there something 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNauJJGn1ka
you’re not telling me?”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2oJiWEoPT
“I don’t know, you have 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGld2uQSECs
to ask the doctor that. He said you can’t go back to school until you’re841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGZJWS58fX
perfectly fine,” said Christine. “You better ask him why.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DPc4Dt4QP
“Okay, where is he?” I quickly stood up, getting ready to see the doctor myself.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjFZaLeRb6
“He is busy with other patients at the moment,” said Christine. “You just have to wait and that will be like till evening.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAWs8JV7Hi
I hate to admit it, but 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpMJhfzb2c
Christine was right. There were a number of patients who came into this 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1lO4GRV0y
hospital each and every day. And considering this place to be rural 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShte9IN24u
area, a lot of people were prone to capture some tropical diseases and 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDSLULXkWj
others. And there weren’t many doctors in the clinic to attend to all 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgFmnFyRlF
those in need of treatment. I just had to be considerate enough and give841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iJI7nt9A1
the doctor some time until he checked up on me again. I just sat down 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcseNOMOn5P
on my bed in defeat.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVT2dOCJaS
“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.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuy9rj17U2
“Speaking of class, the 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKf0AM9C9o
time for our break is almost up. We better leave,” said Amanda. “I don’t841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa83hzv26V
want to be late and end up on the offenders’ list.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR3sBIwdRm
“You guys go ahead,” I said. “I will get your books tomorrow and copy the notes.”841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV0MrU10hE
“Alright, take care of yourself. We might come back in the evening to say goodnight,” said Christine.841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUGc64eCsM
“Okay,” I said dully as I841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkFmqwB2G9
lay down on the bed. It was going to be pretty boring without my 841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRGqZwP8ym
friends around and I sighed as they left the room. I was left completely841Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGUDr1EfpH
alone in the ward staring at the blank white ceiling above me.
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