Chapter 37: That Was You?

“Merchaiass!”

“Where are you?”

“Merchaiass! Please tell me you’re alive.”

These were the shouts that I heard when I opened my eyes. I roughly rubbed them when I saw that I was not in my room but in the middle of the forest. With no one here and just by myself. Don’t tell me that I was dreaming again. Or is it not? I mean, the last memory that I remember was when I was walking down the alley when I saw John. I followed him because I thought that he was already dead. Given that he created a ruckus, according to Chess, he must be punished now. But, why was he walking freely and acting like nothing happened? Is it just me that I find this whole situation odd? After that, I went home and took a bath. I also remember lying on my bed. So, I am dreaming. It’s okay, I’m going to wake up real soon and won’t remember anything about this room. Calm yourself and let’s find a way out. Everything that happened felt like it was replaying itself. I don’t know if my life was stuck in a replay and the