She awoke with a throbbing in her head. She could not quite pinpoint where the pain originated. Opening her eyes she realized that the room she was in was dim, so it was easy for her to focus. Then, she realized that she did not recognize the room. She was alone, lying on a single bed with a small bedside lamp to her right. It gave off enough light to see around the room. Putting her hands on her head she tried to find the spot where the pain was coming from. She found a small knot on the back of her head on the left side. She tried to remember what happened but for the life of her she could not. Now that she thought about it, she could not remember anything. She did not know who she was, where she was, or even what day it was!
She tried to move off of the bed and received a quick understanding that something was tied to her leg. A chain that was thick and heavy. Though she was chained she still had enough length to get up and explore a little further. At first, when she stood up she thought she would pass out from the pain. Her right ankle felt sprained. Does that mean she was running from someone? Still determined to investigate her situation more, she limped away from the bed.
On the right she noticed that there was a mirror on the wall. As she inched closer, she saw that she could just make out her image. She could tell that she had short hair and that she looked pretty dingy. The mirror itself wasn’t anything to brag about. It had a nice film of dust covering it. Below the mirror, there was a wooden dresser. It was old and dusty as well. Trying to open the drawers she found most of them locked. There were three small drawers for the top row; then below that there were two larger drawers. The two large drawers were open. The first appeared to have extra sheets for the single bed. The one below was filled with hospital gowns.
Slowly hobbling back to the bed feeling discouraged she noticed that the bedside table also had a drawer.
So before I went to bed last night the first sentence of this got into my head. I knew I would not be able to go to sleep unless I promised myself that I would remember today and try and do something with it. I started writing and this is what I got.
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