Chapter Six

Pain exploded within my legs as the car hit me before the driver could fully swerve to avoid me.

I was pushed so far back, my legs going high up in the air for only a split second before I felt a pain in my head as if my head had been cracked open, and that was when I realized that I had landed on the floor and had hit my head against the asphalt.

My vision was blurry, and the sounds around me were muffled, as if my head had been dunked underwater.

“Mom,” I croaked, trying to see if anyone would understand what I meant – I needed to get to my mother.

As if a movie I was seeing had an abrupt end, my vision went black.

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“Mm,” I hummed and groaned as light filtered into my eyes, causing an immense throbbing in my head that would not leave even after I shut my eyes and rubbed my head. There was a rough-textured fabric wrapped around my head, and I only started to take note of it when I had rubbed my head long enough.

“What is...” I paused