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Praying

Penulis: JacqueAuthor
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-23 23:18:32

MONIQUE

My hand hesitates, just enough time. Enough for them to push forward and take control.

It’s then that I realise that they are medics. I didn’t even know who they were or what they wanted to do. I watch as they force him gently down onto the ground, their movements quick but controlled, practised. They wrap something tightly around him, pressing hard, talking in urgent voices I can barely follow.

“Pressure, keep pressure there.....”

“We’re losing too much....”

“Get the stretcher, now.”

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