Read It's Nothing Personal Online
Authors: Sherry Gorman MD
“All right
Mandy.
We’re closing.”
It’s the same male voice from before.
A sharp instrument
repeatedly stabs my skin, moving in a line from my groin up to my chest.
They are sewing me back up.
Every time the needle spears a little
higher on my belly, I can feel a wiry thread being pulled behind it.
I make it through one stick, only to
know that another is coming.
I am surprised by
moist, warm air touching my left ear, and then I hear her.
It’s the woman who said “absolutely” so
long ago.
Now her voice is cold,
almost dead, and barely more than a whisper.
“This is what you
get for slashing up that girl.”
Her voice sounds
familiar, but I can’t figure out where I’ve heard it before.
The needle driving up my belly
continues.
My mind starts to drift,
and then blackness takes over.
I
slip away into nothingness.
***************
“Wake up,
Marcus.
Open your eyes!
I can’t take that thing out of your
mouth until you open your eyes.”
Everything is
foggy again, but I can hear voices.
“Marcus, wake up!”
It’s her!
The voice.
She did this to me.
I’ll fucking kill her!
Someone grinds
their knuckles into my chest.
It’s
pissing me off.
I want to punch
them, but my arms are too floppy and uncoordinated.
I’m gagging on something.
I open my eyes, just a crack, and I am
instantly blinded by the brightness of the room.
My stomach is killing me.
“Marcus!”
I hear the woman’s voice.
It’s soft and soothing, so different
than before.
“You’ve just had
surgery.
You need to open your
eyes.
Time to wake up.”