Her heart raced as the pavement rushed up to meet her.
In an instant, his life flashes: happy memories with his wife and children, successes and regrets, all vanish in a sickly blur.
He wonders who will take care of his family now.
At that moment, he wakes with a start, tangled in the hotel sheets.
Disoriented, it takes him a moment to realise that he is still alive, untouched on the floor.
-It was only a dream, -he gasps, wiping away the cold sweat.
But the remnants of the terror linger long after, a reminder of how quickly it could all be over and to seize every moment with loved ones for as long as fate allowed.
