Chapter 1:
He opens his eyes and smiles.
"I wasn't expecting you," he whispers hoarsely.
The nurse turns her head. He is awake. She watches as he reaches towards her so gently, as if touching a sheet of glass.
"Sir, is everything alright?" she asks, concerned.
Is this how I go? The world has turned me into a freak, into the empty shell of what used to be a man. I can remember the day when it began...
