I was feeling disoriented as I opened my heavy eyelids. I could feel a touch of silky fabric on my cheeks. My head was resting on something soft. I blinked my eye and lay there for a few seconds. I could hear a faint thumping sound in my ears. I tried to concentrate and make sense of the thumping sound. Was it my own heartbeat I was hearing? I yawned in an attempt to shake off the weariness that seemed to be pinning me do...