Janet didn’t know what had happened. She was so engrossed in the movie that she didn’t notice when the ceiling started to shake. The next thing she knew, she was lying flat on the floor of the aisle underneath Ethan as the ceiling collapsed.

 To her horror, something heavy fell on Ethan and she heard a loud noise. Then it was pure chaos. The room fell into darkness. She could hear people’s screams and cries for help and Ethan’s heavy breathing. 

“Ethan, are you hurt?” she asked urgently.

 A faint smell of blood wafted in the air. Janet had no idea if it was Ethan’s or someone else’s. Having been hit just now, Et han had rolled down the stairs. Janet’s voice trembled as she fumbled for Ethan in the darkness. 

“Ethan?” She knew that he must’ve gotten hurt. She could hear his low, pained moans in the darkness.

However, after a few deep breaths, it became deathly silent. Janet couldn’t hear anything from the direction where Ethan was. Janet wanted to rush to his side, but a ceiling frame had inadvertently caged her. When she tried to stand up, her head hit the slate, causing a flurry of concrete powder to fall all over Janet’s face.

She inhaled the powder and couldn’t

could barely see her hand in front of her. As she tried to get a feel for her surroundings, Janet concluded that

many other people watching this movie, she recalled at least a dozen other movie-goers in the cinema. But now, it was

cries for help just now had stopped. Perhaps the fallen ceiling had

and fumbled forward, trying to navigate with her palms. Finally, she touched something that felt like knitted fabric. It had to be the dark blue sweater that

him, but she received no response. He

near Ethan. When she reached out to touch his arm, her fingers sank into something sticky and warm. Her mind went blank. Suddenly, panic seized her. She took a

a few seconds, she sighed in relief. She could still feel a faint breath coming from his nose. Next, Janet pressed her ear against Ethan’s chest. She could

was alive! Gritting her teeth, Janet hastily wiped the blood on her knees with her hands. Then she retraced

had fallen along with it. Consequently, the floor was covered in broken glass.

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