Anywhere but here
The gunshot cuts through the air deafening me. I freeze up completely, neither hearing nor seeing anything, and truth be told I don't want to. I don't want to know what has just happened. Nothing good, of that I am sure. Someone removes a heavy load pressing me down, but that does nothing to help my lungs expand. I can feel someone pulling me into a sitting position, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me. But all I want is to be left alone. Just let me lay down in a fetal position and go to sleep, maybe when I wake up this nightmare will be over. However, they have other ideas. There is more movement around me, and then sharp pain in my left cheek brings me back to reality. Someone has just slapped me! I take a deep breath filling my aching lungs to the brim and shake my head to clear my e
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