Chapter One: Getting Shot
January 15, 2010It was so cold, and slightly darker than before. I could feel the touch of his soft hands pressed tightly against my stomach as he tried to stop the blood from leaving my body. I could hear the sirens turning the corner as I laid there blankly. I felt completely oblivious to everything at the moment. Not knowing if I was ever going to see daylight again made me feel this sense of sadness, a sense of which I’d never really felt before. The pain was ongoing as it spread throughout my whole body. I could feel the tear drops running down my face faster than ever. I could barely breathe. It was such a horrible feeling. A few minutes passed as I laid there, and then I was lifted off the ground. I figured that I was being taken to an ambulance. Suddenly, I was set down on something fairly comfortable. I could feel the medical examiners put things on the wound to prevent bleeding. When the medical examiners took over, he took my hand tightly and whispered in my ear, “Everything is going to be alright kiddo. Just hold on.” I trusted that he, the man I truly loved, knew that everything would be alright. I could feel myself breathing heavily. I prayed that these heavy breathes wouldn’t be my last. I had been shot, and the bleeding was uncontrollable.
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