Chapter 4: Through Anothers Eyes Part 2

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I wake up in a strange run down hotel room. I look down at an arm that I know isn’t mine even though it belongs to the body I am in. It is filled with needles. The pale skin shows many injections.

“Took you long enough to wake up Tara. You slept the whole day and now it’s time to go home to your child I gave you your fix and you have now overstayed your welcome. The money you gave me won’t pay for another night, even in this dump”

Our head slowly turns in a dazed state. It is Mike from the dance club. Our head simply nods as we get up and gather a few things from around the room. I catch our reflection from in the window. This woman looks as if she is only a little older, but the face has aged many years. Then it hit me, Mike called this woman Tara. It surprised me that I couldn’t recognize my own mother. It didn’t even occur to me that her child’s name was Sammy. The door opens and everything went black.

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