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I winced when he pulled out the soaked bandages and discarded them in an empty basket at the corner of the bedside. The beads of sweat that framed my face, fell down in droplets to the blanket that covered my lower body.
I gritted my teeth to suck in the pain when he applied a certain lotion that stinged so bad that I nearly bit into my lips.
"I'm sorry. The pain will fade away soon." He whispered soothing words that only added to the pain.
When he finished tending to my wounds, he wrapped them up in clean bandages.
"I'll get you something to eat but you have to rest for the meantime. Your wounds are quite deep and stressing would only cause you pain." He advised and I nodded my head once.
"Thank you for helping me." I told him gratefully, my lips broke out in a sad smile.
