Chapter 417: Hello Darkness
Free yourself... feel the embrace of water... Let the water hold you...
Talia actually heard Arthur’s voice in her ears. She was sinking and she held on to the ring in her hand tightly. She feared to wear it in case she accidentally drops it.
Why didn’t you teach me to swim that day, Fred?
Her chest hurt as she held her breath and she thought water was entering through her ears and nasal canal.
At least the stink of excrements is getting washed up by the raging waters... When they find my body, I won’t stink.
She prepared for her death as she slowly sank. She wasn’t wearing shoes and she could feel the bottom of the river. And she felt something scaly and moving under her feet and she cringed and accidentally swallowed some water.
No way! No way am I going to be crocodile food! I’ll not be found in pieces!
She flailed her hands and legs frantically and...
Surprise!
She was actually reaching the surface. In her frantic state she accidentally breathed using her nose and water entered her lungs. She was very familiar with that burning sensation in her chest. The same thing happened when she was five and was thrown in the creek.
At least the water is a little warmer!