Chapter 2
I wanted to scream.
The sound was stuck in the back of my throat. It was fighting to escape. My brain disconnected from my voice box, while the connections to my hands weren’t working any better. With every breath my already ravaged and bleeding fingers were desperate to find a hold along the ragged rocks.
I prepared myself to hit the bottom.
Everyone says your life flashes through your mind when you’re preparing to die. Maybe it is a reminder of all the good and bad moments in your life. That wasn’t happening. Instead I saw what I wanted to do with my future. Every little girl wants to find her prince charming and fall in love. I saw myself walking down an aisle with a man who I didn’t know yet, but dreamt of often. Another image taunting me was of myself with a lap full of children.
My children.
I wanted to be a mom someday. More than I wanted to be anything else, I wanted to be a mom. Reality hit me I was still falling. This shouldn’t be possible. My body should be broken in a hundred pieces by now. The air around me was no longer heated. It was turning cooler and icy.
I shivered.
Wrapping my arms around myself trying to comfort and warm at the same time. Finally after what felt like an eternity the bottom seemed to be approaching. Light It was dim, but I could just make out the subtle shift in the well. What had been round and long was now turning into something narrow and cone shaped.
I was running out of space.
Terror overtook me and I blacked out.