Nick

The incessant beeping wouldn’t stop. It was like a nightmare. I kept feeling around, trying to turn the damn thing off. I grabbed around but didn’t find my nightstand. Instead, there was a cold, metal bar and then emptiness.

What the hell?

I opened my eyes to realize I wasn’t in my room, or even in my own home. No, I was hooked up to a machine in a hospital. How did I even get here? Was I dead?

No, duh, of course I wasn’t dead. They ...