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like a thousand needles. I winced, raising a trembling hand to shield my face. The r

most empty table with a solitary water glass, and a large TV mounted o

out, my voice bar

. Where is everyone? I thought as i tried to sit up, but a sha

ed?" I mutter

: A rooftop, a wicked face laughing mania

l gown draped over my body. IV lines were snaked into my arm. A

th a shaking hand, i reached for the bedside table,

hill ran down my spine. Was i alone? Abandoned?

eemed to mock me, their steady

entered the room, b

How are you feeling?"

to the nurse, desp

t remember,"

worry, dear. You've been through a trau

ted back to t

ne lookin

anyon

ere?" i aske

men brought you here. They met you covered in blood o

f mine? I tried to recall but

n the country." The newscaster said, and the video of a man together with

an beside him too, they both looked familiar. I tried to

eside him was Cassie a

making love, Cassie pushing me from the rooft

take it anymore. I fell back on the b

ries now, and it feels like I should go back into the comma and be trapped there for lif

really important to them. A nurse and a doctor came in. That has been the only

be needing a surgery which will be carried out

gery?"

r answered and ha

has turned to a big and ugly scar. Luckily for you, this is the only

y face the moment I saw how I was looking. A curve slashed traversed my rig

you look better again. In fact, you can chan

ted me, and that s

soon fade away. It is just the one on your face that needs surgery

the man turned to leave. Suddenly, a question came to my mi

man asked me with curiosity,

I have regained all my memories now

day you fell from the rooftop. It was one

can Dante be? And what was he looking for in Babel that day. I tried my be

d and rested my b

king different, hot, and more beautiful this time, all thanks to

ey are now in the top three. I smiled devilishly as I saw the arti

now, I scoffed. I guess my des

e for me to be discharged. I inquired about my bill, but

tunned a

owe this Dante my entire life. If one of his men hadn't brought me here, maybe I wou

his full name and phone number of the m

my mind. It sounds familiar, though. I