Sofia VezA voice in the distance, almost muffled and incoherent wafts around followed by a sharp pain piercing through my ears, the kind that rushes to the throbbing pulse and makes one huddle in discomfort.

The darkness around me seems to be unending. But that noise keeps ringing in my ear. I followed it, hoping the throbbing would stop.

Every step I take is almost impossible to lift my feet off the ground like some heavy weight is pulling me back.

“Carlos, you know him right!” The ...