THE SILENT THIEF - 5

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CHAPTER 5: THE REAL SURVIVAL   ---   The next morning, Suresh woke up and checked his left eye first.   It was a ritual now. Every morning, before he opened his eyes fully, he would close his right eye—the dead one—and open only his left eye. He would look at the ceiling fan. If the fan was sharp and clear, the eye was still alive. If the fan was blurry, the eye was dying.   The fan was clear.   Suresh breathed.   He got up. He washed his face. He avoided the mirror. He could not bear to