Chapter 8

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All is dark. My body is aching all over as if someone had beaten me severely. My head…, I reach to the back of my head and feel a lump there. I need to put an ice bag on it.  My body’s strength diminishes. I am crawling since even lifting myself is such a huge task for now. No matter how hard I try to move my limbs, it is as if a giant rock weighed my back. Panting, sweating, and then collapsing, I lay on the ground. It is useless. I have no strength left, so I close my eyes for a few minutes, maybe five minutes.  The original plan is five minutes, but I find myself awake on the side of the road. It is still dark. What time is it? I am reaching to my wrist and then touching the watch surface. It glows immediately—4.03 am. I sit on the ground and feel no pain left. I grasp my head too, bu

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