A Tinderbox of Vengeance
One of the furious throng snatched something out of it and hurled it straight at my face.
It was a wad of used gauze—still stained with blood and reeking of antiseptic—splattering wet across my skin like filth.
"Yeah! Use garbage! Trash like him belongs with trash!"
"Scum! Society's waste!"
Suddenly, cotton swabs, bloodied bandages, and crumpled ointment wrappers came flying from all directions.
Pinned to the wall, I had nowhere to dodge, nowhere to even turn my head.
All I could do was stand there and endure, letting the filth strike me again and again. I had to swallow every drop of humiliation, rage, blood, and tears.
'Lisa. George. Just you wait.'