Was she trying to put me straight back into the hospital? If that was the case, what was the point in discharging me?
My heart was pumping so hard all I could hear was the blood rushing through my ears, my chest rose and fell with each labored breath.
Are my ribs breaking? Why is it so painful? Black spots start to dance around the outskirts of my vision. Somewhere in the far distance, I can hear my mother begging me to sit down, to breathe, she sounds so incredibly far away, and yet our noses are practically touching one another.
When I don't respond, I feel the pressure of her hands on me. my shoulders as she forces me down, I want to curl into a ball and hurl, but my mother forces me to sit, gently she raises one knee followed by the other so that they are both touching my chest.
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