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The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here. Everything around me is dark, I can barely see. There’s only a small hole in the crumbling ceiling, through which a single moonbeam slips. It seems like I’m in an old and creepy warehouse, an abandoned factory maybe. The stinging scent of the dampness and mold invades my nostrils. The only sound I can hear is a leaking pipe dripping.Oh, I feel so dizzy! My entire body aches, especially my head and my leg. I suppose that my wound has widened. Suddenly, the previous events flood my mind, mak...
I am rushing toward my car, when I notice a young woman standing motionless in front of me. The rain is so heavy, that I almost didn’t see her silhouette in the darkness.I approach her with my umbrella, and ask: “Hi, are you okay?” But she doesn’t even look at me. She’s soaked, her gaze fixed on the pouring sky, and at times, she seems to whisper unintelligible words. Honestly, she doesn’t look fine at all. Luckily, there’s a hospital nearby. Even though I had juts finished my shift, I decide to turn back and rush her to the emergency room. ...
Submitted to Contest #285
“I like to think that everything I haven’t experienced will happen anyway, perhaps in a better way. I like to think that I’m going to a world where dreams come true for real, where I truly want to live. That’s why you don’t need to worry. This place will be much better than the reality I’m leaving behind so early. I thank everyone who genuinely loved me. This is our goodbye. And that’s how a young life drew her last breath, another victim of suicide. The girl was found this Sunday morning on her bed, along with this farewell note...
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