CHAPTER FIFTY THREE - ALL I FEEL IS NUMB

MARIA

On my left was a woman who'd awoken from sleep with a deafening scream that scared everyone-

She was in a state of paranoia as she called out names and said how she dremt she was back where she dreaded the most.

And before she was taken away, she told us our stories all end the same way, nobody will know-

Those were her words and once she was taken away that dreadful, we'd hoped she'd return-

-she never did.

It was as if she dissappeared. Only God knows.

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I gasped awake, the intense light spearing my pupils as i struggled to stand up. 

After many days, i had managed to get enough sleep and every second in every day felt like an hour, slow and agonizing in what felt like i was in a prison. 

I sat up on my bed before dusting my jump suit uniform and hoppin