Elaine’s POV:
The impact of our car on the tree was tremendous, and I felt like I was floating in mid-air for a moment before the airbags deployed, pushing me backward and knocking the wind out of me.
My head collided hard against the head hold of the car seat and I sat there, my head resting on the deployed airbag as the pain exploded all over my head.
I couldn’t hear anything except for the ringing in my ears which got louder as seconds went by. Everything was white, and I felt a sharp pain in my chest, my world slowly twirling before turning black.
I was consumed. Consumed by a strange eerie silence. A deadly one.
And then, nothing.
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I gasped, trying to breathe in as much oxygen as I could but no matter how hard I tried, I still was breathless. I could feel the burning
