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35 // Back To Life
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The sun rose and set, stars glistened in the sky and disappeared, and days and nights passed, but she remained limp and unconscious on her bed.
Cool air surged around the room as the fan howled heavily on the chair, pointed towards the bed; and a bowl of cold water sat on the headboard.
An older African woman with tanned skin sat at the edge of the bed with a wet cloth clutched in her hand as she glazed down at the pale figure lying on the bed.
MJ laid unconscious on the bed, with a bandage wrapped around her head. Her chest rose as she breathed steadily. She had been changed into a set of printed pyjamas, and half her body was covered in bed sheets.
"What if she never wakes up, Sandra?" A panicked voice asked. "It's been two days."
"Then we will have two funerals." Sandra Cooper answered without missing a heartbeat, and cold silence se
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