Received the message loud and clear
"Nooo!!!"
No! He kept saying in his mind as he gasped for air. He felt like his chest was about to explode as his heart palpitated and his lungs squeezed the life out of him.
Fear gripped him. But the feeling was nothing new. He knew he had experienced it once before. And it was something he would never forget.
"No!" Alex had enough as he opened his eyes, grasping for air as sweat covered his forehead. It was just another nightmare.
It had been a while since he had remembered that scene. He did make it a point to bury the memory at the back of his mind.
He looked beside him, relieved that he did not wake up his wife. The last thing he needed was to make her worry about him.
Besides, it was nothing.
"It was just a dream." He silently told himself. Then, he walked toward the bathroom to splash water on his face.