Rain pounds away and the thunder pounds louder still.
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I sit on a an old wooden chair staring out the window in an empty room.
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I cringe. I yearn for the storm to cease. The walls are pulsating and it's getting harder to breath.
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Three. Calm down, I think to myself. How many were there? Eight? I hope I find what I'm looking for before I reach eight.
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Perhaps not. I suppose that such luck would be expected. Maybe this time will be different. Maybe--
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Freedom.