Political Intrigue

With his keen and observant eyes, Peter Wong carefully began to examine the room that he now found himself sitting in. With a considerable amount of interest, he noticed that he was surrounded by what appeared to be rather expensive looking furniture. The floor of the room was covered with thick luxurious carpeting and upon the walls hung a variety of beautiful paintings and picture frames. He suddenly felt a gentle breeze begin to caress the back of his neck. Wong turned around in his chair and noticed that the fresh air was entering the room through a nearby opened window. For just a moment, he thought about getting up and walking over to the opened window so that he could close it shut. However he decided not to do that, for the fresh air actually felt wonderful against his fatigued and aching body. He casually maneuvered himself in to a far more comfortable position upon his chair and then he slowly closed his eyes. A sensation of absolute tranquility was now completely overtaking his entire being. Wong was beginning to feel very serene and calm for their were no distractions or disturbing sounds of any kind with in the room. For the first time in a long time, he was feeling truly relaxed and was very much at peace with the world that surrounded him. Then all of a sudden it happened, just as the appearance of lightning or the sound of unexpected thunder suddenly happens. With out any warning, a feeling of paralyzing terror completely seized control of both Peter Wong’s body and mind. With a tremendous amount of determination and tenacity, he began to fight hard against this ominous force of pure evil that was now attacking him. From somewhere down deep inside himself, Peter Wong realized that what he was experiencing were what medical officials often referred to as being flashbacks. Horrifying memories of his just completed six year stay in a remote Chinese prison were now flooding his mind. Wong squeezed his eye lids shut, wanting very much to maintain the tiny fraction of rationality that he still possessed. Wong was aware of the fact that if he were not successful in defeating the panic attack that he was now enduring, his mental stability and very sanity would be in great jeopardy of being totally destroyed. On numerous occasions during his unjust and illegal imprisonment, Peter Wong had been forced to watch as his many friends and political associates were brutally abused or tortured right in front of his very own eyes. In his confused and fragile state of mind, Wong mistakenly believed that he was actually able to see all of them quite clearly now. It seemed to him as if all of those friends and political allies of his were now in the very same room with him. He began to remind himself over and over again that he was far away from that horrible place that he had been forced to call his home for all of those terrible years. He began to tell himself that he was now safe and that he was no longer being detained as a political prisoner in that offal environment. Wong’s struggle against his panic attack was so great, that he failed to immediately recognize the fact that he was no longer alone in the room. A young attractive woman was now standing directly in front of Wong and she was looking at him with tremendous amount of concern in her eyes. The stranger, who Jessica Ambers was looking at, appeared to be in a complete daze or crises of some sort she thought. Jessica cautiously took a step in Wongs’ direction and then she placed a comforting and loving hand upon his shoulder. The slender shoulder that was now beneath her fingers felt very fragile, almost breakable she thought. She was feeling so much concern for this stranger who was obviously suffering from some type of great torment that she seriously thought about immediately informing medical officials about him. The man seemed to be in terrible condition and something had to be done about the difficult situation that he was in. Just as she was about to go ask for some much needed assistance, Jessica noticed that the stranger was beginning to come around. For the first time since she had entered the room, the troubled young man was now attempting to establish eye contact with her. A feeling of genuine relief swept over Jessica when she realized that the stranger was gradually regaining his composure. As Peter Wong closely observed the woman who stood before him, he could not help but notice the fact that she was extremely beautiful. The woman had attractive looking shoulder length hair and brown eyes that were very captivating. With some regret, e also realized that she had a very troubled expression that was now plainly visible upon her face. The woman was obviously feeling quite worried or concerned about something. More than likely Wong quietly told himself, he was the reason for her feelings of great anxiety and tension.