Almost at the same time she let out a scream her hand also got released from her steering. She was approaching the bridge she knew from the sound of a train nearby and was aware that if she failed to stop the car now it would either fly into the railway track running parallely or go crashing into the river below. She tried hard to take her foot off the accelerator but her limbs had gone numb.
She knew this was going to last for sometime. And within this time she had to manuovre the vehicle to save it from swerving left or right. Fighting her innermost fears for survival was a trial she had been subjected to many times before, a curse she had been suffering since childhood. But it was not the cosy comforts of her home. Again on second thoughts, where was the difference ?
Till her parents were alive, she didn't doubt about her safety. She knew she could always fall back on them in her miseries. But now who bothered whether she lived or died ? With Upendra away from
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Twelve - Die-Hard
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Thirteen - The Beckoning
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Fourteen - New Avenues
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Fifteen - A Date with the Devil
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Seventeen - The Dodamarg Connection
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Don't Fall Asleep Episode Eighteen - Don't Open the Door
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