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2021-09-01 07:55:37I grew weary of the rambling voices and began to allow my body to float away as a means of escape from them. I was reveling in the sensation of floating in air when I felt someone yank me back to reality. My arms and legs were free from their bindings and the circulation was being roughly rubbed back into them.
“Vickie, can you hear me?” managed to reach my mind. I recognized the male voice, but just couldn’t place it. “Vickie, answer me. Wake up, sweetheart. Can you hear me? Wake up?” Who was that man speaking? I knew that I knew him, but I just couldn’t think his name. It was so frustrating to not be able to put a name to the
voice, but I just couldn’t.
“She’s not responding!”
“She’s badly dehydrated. Here, try to get this past her lips. It should help.”
I smiled with satisfaction when I was able to put Megan’s name to the second voic
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