I felt a liquid splash on my face, cold and shocking, which made me jolt up, a sharp gasp tearing from my throat. My eyes flew open, blinking rapidly as I stared around, trying to figure out where I was. But unbeknownst to me, some of the liquid had splashed into my eyes and mouth.
Oh, it was alcohol. The smell, sharp and biting, hit me first, then the burning. "Dear Lord, my eyes!" I shouted, my voice a raw, desperate cry as I instinctively scratched at my eyes.
The alcohol seared, a tingling, burning pain that made me hiss through clenched teeth. "Oh my eyes, it hurts so bad!" I clawed at my face with the rough fabric of my cleaning dress, desperate to wipe away the burning.
The pain slowly, agonizingly, began to subside. I blinked away the blur, my vision clearing, and stared around
