Forty-four.
Forty-five.
I was sweating profusely, my heart rate picking up with every crunch that I managed to do. I know I was pushing my body beyond its limit when I felt the burn in my abdomen intensify and my breath became labored. But I didn't stop.
Forty-six.
Forty-seven.
I wanted to feel the pain. At least the intense workout was making me feel alive. The sizzling heat spreading through my muscles, which were protesting the strain that I was inflicting upon them, was the only indication of making me feel something other than the numbness that I have been feeling for over a week now.
Forty-eight.
Forty-nine.
I wanted to feel something. I wanted to feel the pain in other parts of my body and not just around the left side of my chest.
Fifty.
I fell on my back catching my b
