That was a bad situation for me, ... I'm lucky I actually got a chance to wake up and see them and get all my possessions back. I was in shock. I didn't know what to do. I see her, and her eyes were all big. She was messed up and I didn't want to put my hands on her. I just wanted to know what she was doing there. I'm just glad they didn't harm me. God was watching over me.

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