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Tic.

The blood was flowing like a river of life out of her wrists and onto the sink. "It's only gonna be a moment now", she thought, as she started to feel her heart rush.

Tac.

Her vision blurring, her legs starting to feel weak as she emptied her blood vessels and her soul into that cheap motel's bathroom. "No one can find me here, no one cares about me here. No one cares about me anywhere, anyway".

Tic.

As her consciousness vanished, she began to feel the relief. The relief of no longer being a mother, a daughter, a wife, a doctor. Her fingers and toes were no longer felt, and her limbs as a whole felt numb. She could feel bliss was close. Every breath could be her last.

Tac.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

The sounds slowly invaded her mind as she woke up. Following the heart monitor, she could hear children's voices calling her name. She tried to open her eyes - and she couldn't. She couldn't move at all.

She was trapped in her own endless nightmare.

A cool shudder trickled down my spine. Glancing around nervously, I saw scary portraits staring at me from behind layers of dust. A cold light streamed in through a cracked window, casting eerie shadows on the walls. As I walked forward, it felt like someone was following me... Whirling around, I saw nothing but the empty hallway and the faces in the portraits staring at me. I swallowed a nervous whimper and continue into the darkness of the house...

I entered a dark room in the centre of the house. Shadows seem to swirl around my feet, sucking me in. In a burst of panic, I looked for a light switch. I flicked it up and down franticly, but the room remained in darkness. Fear settled in and deep down I knew I was not alone in the dark. Something brushed my back. I turn, but there was nothing.  Outside I could hear the autumn wind howling, and it almost sounds like laughter to my panicked mind. A low chuckle broke my thought. I screamed, but heard nothing in the blackness. I was being   drawn in, drowned in slumbering evil, there was no escape...