Leon Brooks's Consciousness: A Short Story

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Leon Brooks finally regained consciousness. He couldn’t see. He was stuck in a trunk of a car with his hands and feet cuffed. Although he kept trying to wiggle his hands and feet free, he couldn’t release himself from the hand and leg cuffs. He couldn’t shout either (not that anyone would care) because they tied a rag across his mouth. He could only barely breathe through his nose.
After about ten minutes of desperately trying, he gave up. He knew it was hopeless. He had to gather his thoughts and prepare himself for death. His breathing started to calm down at this realization. He needed to focus. One by one, he thought about his loved ones: his family, his mother, his father, his three brothers, two sisters, and the childhood sweetheart he

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