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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Syringe?" I ask in panic.
CJ is still trembling, foam trickling down the edges of his mouth as he points at his desk.
"Where? Where?"
He points to the drawers and I quickly open and see a syringe on top of a book. He points to his bicep and I quickly inject on the part.
Immediately I inject him, he passes out leaving me freaked out.
Fuck! What has happened? Did I kill him?
I bend down to listen to his pulse but I hear nothing. Totally nothing.
My heart stops.
My whole body freezes.
The only thing I can think of right now is, he's dead. And I killed him.
I killed him! I killed him!
A mighty cough overwhelms me with joy and relief.
CJ coughs and pants so loudly, gasping for air.<
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