When There Is Nothing Left But Love

He shook his head and pinched the tube. “This is a temporary measure,” he said as he emptied the contents of the syringe into my drip.

“Isn’t this administered as a jab?” I inquired suspiciously. Isn’t it normal to inject a patient with antihistamine instead of administering it through the drip?

The doctor adjusted the speed. “It’s saline. The previous batch was too concentrated; this is just to water it down slightly. Don’t worry, it won’t affect anything.”

I wasn’t familiar with medical procedures, but even in my ignorance, this explanation felt too far-fetched to me. But my nagging suspicion was unable to identify what was wrong.

Without a concrete reason to raise any objections, I settled down and accepted it without complaint.

The doctor eventually moved to other patients to carry out the same procedure. My suspicions evaporated when I observed his deftness in carrying out his duty. Soon after, I closed my eyes again.

A while later, I could no longer deny feeling that something was wrong. My eyelids felt too heavy to open.

Suspicion and fear clouded my mind. I groped for my hand and pinched it hard. After ascertaining that I was not dreaming, I mustered all my strength to wrench my eyes open.

The sight of the doctor standing menacingly before I had confirmed my fears.

I reached out to push him away, but he suddenly lifted me up and out of the corridor.

As the sedative began to take effect, I reminded myself over and over again to stay awake.

of it was immense. By this

myself, but I felt

me. He pressed

of was that he had selected the lowest of the blurry red dots on the lift panel. It was most likely the underground

dug my nails deep into

doors opened once again and we exited. I had thought that he was going to throw me into a car and drive off

succeeded in bringing

chill of the September air was cold but not to this extent. This was something else; it was sub-zero

I was flashed dully but clearly

the bottom of the hospital. I

for a

some of my wits under the extreme cold. The sight that greeted me upon opening my eyes was one of pure terror. It was white everywhere I looked. The

dropped me from his shoulders and went out of my field of vision. I

I felt myself being placed into a container that was even colder than

series of creaks later, I

me to conclude that I was placed into one of the

predicament, the only act I was capable of was to reach out and touch the sides of my prison. The possibility of exerting force or crying

through my entire being. I knew that I would be doomed if nobody were to come to my rescue. And I would have been dead for a long time