Survivor (2013)
“There was a dim shaft of light filtering in through the window. It reminded me of the light in the subway tunnel, when I’d come to after the crash and emerged into that Manhattan street; the scene that proved my life had changed forever. I looked at my reflection, my face cast in shadows that highlighted my sunken cheeks. My breath steamed in the cold. I used some wet paper towel to clean my face, washed the dried blood on my forehead from when I’d collapsed earlier.
Seeing a bottle of pills on the shelf, I remembered the medicine I’d taken. It must have been strong to have such long-lasting effects. I called out to Caleb, “What were those pills you gave me?”
“Pain and sleeping pills—you were delirious,” he called back. “You okay now?”
“Yeah. I guess so. Did I say anything, before I hit my head?”
“You’d just run here, you were out of breath.”
“Yeah, I remember that . . .”
My ears were ringing, but a new sound cut through—I could hear Caleb starting up the generator.
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