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The door slammed with Lawrence on it. She had to grip the stool to maintain from falling off and landing on the soldier at her feet. The ambulance used to be stifling hot. It smelled terrible. The solely mild Noah e from a small lantern striking from a nail in the corner. The only window was directly in the back of her head on the interior of the door. She didnt recognize what had happened to Giovanni, the boy with the bullet in his stomach. Whether shed ever see him again. Whether hed stay through the night.

The engine began up. The ambulance shifted into gear and lurched forward. The soldier on one of the pinnacle slings commenced to moan.

After theyd reached a steady speed, Lawrence heard the pattering sound of a leak. Something used to be dripping. She leaned ahead on the stool, squinting in the dim lantern light.

It used to be the blood of the soldier on the top bunk dripping thru the woven sling onto the soldier in the middle bunk