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Chapter 34: I Wish He Was Dead
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things."
-Terry Pratchett-
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Christian slowly fluttered his eye open and saw the bright light of the ceiling. He was a little confused for a moment.
It was hard to get a grip of what was happening. He tried to move his body but realized he was completely paralyzed.
Not knowing what was happening, he panicked for a moment until he heard an old woman’s voice telling him to calm down.
“Don’t try to move your body yet. Right now you are still under effect of the drug we gave you. Just stay still, I will call the doctor to come here and check on you.”
Turned out the old woman’s voice belonged to a nurse. Before Christian could say something, the nurse already left.
He stayed still for a few moments, trying to recall what exactly was happening. Not long after, a middle aged man arrived in the room and he looked at Christian with a
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