I opened my eyes and looked up. A nurse was stood there. I had no idea why I was there.
"Ah, Steven, you're awake." She said. Her voice was gruff, I didn't like it.
"I'm not Steven." I went to say. Nothing came out. She shook her head smiling and showed me my face with a handheld mirror. My upper face was normal but from the nose and lower my face had been severed off. All that was left was a severed nub of a tongue and the insides of my throat exposed.
"We've cut out your voice box and gotten rid of your chin. Welcome to the Hower State Asylum, Steven."
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Truth
General FictionIn college, Rowan meets new friends and discovers a new side of himself and begins to truly reminisce his past. But is it all 100% the truth? Or is Rowan struggling against other forces?
