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FIVE

Sam couldn’t breathe.

He tried. But only shallow wisps of breath escaped his lips.

As soon as he could move...or react...or feel anything but pain, he’d remind himself to inhale deeply.

Yep. He’d do that. Just as soon as the world stopped spinning.

“Do you recognize this man?” A male nurse kneeling beside the body on the floor glanced up at him. “Is he one of yours?”

Tears burned Sam’s eyes. His throat clenched, making it impossible for him to speak. The nonchalance of the strangers doing their jobs roiled his stomach. To them, this was just another body. To him...

Sam glanced at the body of the man, dressed only in underwear, lying on the utility room floor. He hated what his eyes relayed to his brain, but he couldn’t seem to turn away.