Chapter 13
The reddish sand was displaced by every footfall of mine and Liam's. My black sneakers walked in near unison with Liam's blue and white ones. The main thing I had noticed so far on the trip was that it was hot hot hot!
"Doing okay?" Liam asked about a half-hour into the trip.
"Yep," I replied. "It's just so hot."
"Drink some water," Liam instructed.
About another half hour later, Liam and I decided it was too hot a day to carry on, so we turned and headed back to the car.
As the car came into view, I started feeling lightheaded. Almost there, I told myself. We were almost at the car. I could make it. I downed some more water and splashed my face with what remained in the second bottle.
Meters away from the car, I collapsed in pain on the ground. I had trouble breathing, and my lungs felt like they would just die on me right then and there. My throat burned, creating the taste of blood in my dry mouth.
"Ella!" Liam shouted. My ears were feeling, for lack of a better word, foggy, and I started feeling woozy. Slowly I leaned over and collapsed into Liam's lap.
"Ella, stay awake. Don't worry, I called the ambulance. Drink this." Liam shoved his water bottle in my hand. I tried to lift it to my face but failed. Liam took the bottle from me and slowly poured some into my mouth. I swallowed the lukewarm liquid, desperately hoping that this would make me feel better.
Then, all at once, my head started pounding, and it was the thrumming noise that put me under.
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