CHAPTER NINE
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“She's bleeding everywhere!” someone screamed.
“Oh my God.”
I was aware of it all. Panic. Chaos. People ran and shouted. I felt gentle hands as they lifted me in the air and carried me inside. A moment later, I was laid down on my bed. All the while, those hands held mine and pressed against me in comfort. I yearned for those hands—they meant something that I couldn't feel at that moment, but I wasn't sure what it was...
Then I began to feel the pain. It started slow, a tingling in the back of my spine. It filtered throughout my body, and then it slammed into me. A scream ripped from my throat as I arched my back off the bed. I had never felt anything worse.
“Sheldon, Sheldon, Sheldon...” Bryce soothed as he tucked strands of my hair behind my ear. He kissed my
