Alexander Burke

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The sound of my ringing phone made me jolt out of my sleep. I picked up my phone and looked to see who was calling me.

As I was about to answer the call from Arthur, my eyes darted to the top of my phone and saw the time was 5:00 A.M. I gasped in disbelief when I realized that I had spent the night in the hospital.

I answered the call before it would end and brought the phone up to my ear. “Arthur, what’s going on?” I asked in a slightly groggy voice. I was ...