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Bright Light
The Daily Word #61: afraid
I watched in terror as he brought the sharp metal towards my face. I tried to yell, Stop!, but my mouth couldn’t form the word — as if something was forcefully keeping my mouth open. I could only muster what sounded like a bellowing whale.
He looked at me in shock. He tried to say something to me, no doubt words that were meant to psychologically unnerve me. I couldn’t hear. Then I realized what he had done. I started feeling sleepy. I tried to fight it, but it was no use. I saw a bright light before everything went black.
“I heard Mr. Stevens was hard to work on today, Doctor.”
“Yes, he was so afraid that I had to sedate him in order to fill his cavities.”
This story was written for the Frequency Change publication:
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