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I looked around, confused. As far as I could see, I was standing on the side of the lonely road that lead to my house. There was no sign of my school bag, which was very odd considering that I had been walking home from school just a little while ago. And my notebook…I was sure I took it out before…871Please respect copyright.PENANAdqUula7iWM
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Before what?871Please respect copyright.PENANAZxyAxzjQJI
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Fear struck me like a hammer. I couldn’t remember…What happened during that walk home?871Please respect copyright.PENANAAAIa2aZyG5
Suddenly, I heard someone cry. A heartbroken cry that echoed loudly in the nearly empty place. I walked towards the sound almost mechanically. Curiously, I wasn’t shocked. It was as if some part of me knew…Knew what I was going to find just beyond the turning in the road.871Please respect copyright.PENANAblsZP5dRaY
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Lots of people were crowded around something. A girl was kneeling down, crying her eyes out. As I moved closer I realised who she was.871Please respect copyright.PENANAUtGO4Xhvmv
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Maya…871Please respect copyright.PENANAS7F8IBsrAW
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My best friend. Her house is right next to mine. We used to walk back together after school but today…she said had something to do and stayed back. I had been alone on the walk back home.871Please respect copyright.PENANAYNjdhhGC45
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“Ophelia…” She was wailing. “Please…Please open your eyes…”871Please respect copyright.PENANAw5YStvYON0
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Ophelia…I started on hearing my name. I called out to her, told her I was here and not to worry. But…Even as I said those things, I knew. A small voice had started to whisper in my ears that no one would hear me…No one will hear me ever again…871Please respect copyright.PENANAaMD04FN0GB
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“Ophelia…Ophelia…” Maya cried again. There was something beside her. Something pink. My bag…I recognized the stickers I had put on it. My notebook lay next to it. Both of them were stained with something dark red…871Please respect copyright.PENANAuEopxVSYqk
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The crowd parted a little. I could see what they were all looking at. The broken, crumpled body with thick black wavy hair, covering her face…On her left wrist, there was a watch with a black strap. Something was written on it in elegant white letters.871Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ2IW4rzF6
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Ophelia...871Please respect copyright.PENANA7mQH6eNyqk
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“Ophelia…No…No…You can’t be gone…”871Please respect copyright.PENANAUjEN5UxKss
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Her voice made tears start to my eyes. I sobbed for my poor desperate friend who was calling out to a person who was dead.871Please respect copyright.PENANAv56RIi2bmY
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The truth, the cold truth, was staring at me in the face. I was gone…Ophelia was gone. The thing that had been Ophelia to my parents, teachers and friends, now lay on the middle of the road – broken and unfixable.871Please respect copyright.PENANAA7j4VzObXK
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But why was I here? Why hadn’t I gone to heaven or hell?871Please respect copyright.PENANAGsDJ9N3MHK
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To be continued...871Please respect copyright.PENANA8vqwuANY7Q