Leaning on Each Other

[Important: Cheating is wrong. Later in the story, the law will deliver a just verdict.] The December 31 bonus chapter has been updated. * In the still of night, the faint smell of blood lingered in the air. The wind blowing around her was bitterly cold. Song Le finally managed to pull out the glass, but she was nearly out of strength. Leaning against the mottled, rough wall, she felt the blood on her neck had dried, while blood still streamed from the other two wounds. She slowly opened her hand and felt around in the darkness for the foreign object in her palm. It was a discarded, bent nail, embedded deep in her flesh. Blood wound its way down her arm. As she watched, she suddenly felt disgusted with herself. She had nothing, was a complete mess, and was huddled in some forgotten corner. If she died, no one might even find her. Theme: