Chapter 11 The Theater

• She landed with a heavy thud on the ground, her eyes snapping closed as pain filled her. Julia lay there, breathing excruciatingly slowly, pain evident on her chest and side. She curled into a ball, willing the pain to go away.
• "Julia! Julia!" Someone bellowed, and then the stranger was shaking her gently.
• She wanted to smile, but she couldn't manage it. How did the stranger know her name? Surely not someone she was acquainted with. She wanted to open her eyes, yet she couldn't. Tears stung at her eyes as she snapped them closed once more.