Chapter 22
I feel like I’m drowning. The oxygen floats away like a leaf blowing in the wind and my lungs struggle to grab a hold. The pressure builds inside my chest and darkness consumes me. My limbs feel heavy. I wave my arms back and forth and feel them push against a force field. There’s a voice in the distance that comes closer the more I focus. I hone in on the voice and a sharp scream pierces the silence in the darkness around me. I recognize the scream. It’s coming from me. I’m hovering above a figure of myself. I’m on my knees. My cheeks are streaked with tears. I turn my view from myself to the figure I’m watching. It’s Jessie. My heart rate rises and all I hear is boom, boom, boom. I pray for the darkness to cover me like a blanket and hide me from the scene that plays on a loop before m
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