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Catch me if you can.
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The footsteps following me sounded closer. I ran through the empty corridors of the hospital, my heart pounding with terror.
I turned a corner and stopped short. I had reached a dead end. There was a single door on the left. And it was locked. I tried to jam the door knob, hoping it would turn. But it was as dead as my love life. I stopped for a second to catch my breath, I had just run for 100 meters, and I was panting. My lungs were on fire. It is a good thing that I am in a hospital, I thought, if I collapse, it would not be possible to snatch me. I pressed myself against a, very convenient, gurney, hiding behind it. Why, might you ask? Why was I running or why was I hiding? Well, both the questions are like conjoined twins, one heart, two bodies, interdependent. So, I am running, because I was being chased. Obviously, you might say. No, my friend, it is...
The footsteps following me sounded closer. I ran through the empty corridors of the hospital, my heart pounding with terror.
I turned a corner and stopped short. I had reached a dead end. There was a single door on the left. And it was locked. I tried to jam the door knob, hoping it would turn. But it was as dead as my love life. I stopped for a second to catch my breath, I had just run for 100 meters, and I was panting. My lungs were on fire. It is a good thing that I am in a hospital, I thought, if I collapse, it would not be possible to snatch me. I pressed myself against a, very convenient, gurney, hiding behind it. Why, might you ask? Why was I running or why was I hiding? Well, both the questions are like conjoined twins, one heart, two bodies, interdependent. So, I am running, because I was being chased. Obviously, you might say. No, my friend, it is...
