Beyond the Divorce

“Tvanna...

Ivanna..." As I got to the top of the iron tank, I heard Jared's uneasy voice from the bottom.

I felt dizzy, and my steps faltered.

When I slipped, Atlas caught me and lifted me back up.

I couldn't afford to overthink.

Anxiously, I followed the stairs spiraling down from the top of the iron tank.

My trembling voice echoed, "Ivanna! What happened to her?" T could barely make out the situation below.

A few faint lights swayed at the bottom of the iron tank, and there appeared to be water.

The pungent smell of rust and stagnant water intensified as I descended, chilling me to the bone.

At the base, Jared's men used their phone's flashlights to illuminate the massive tank.

The lights resembled fireflies.

It was like a veil had covered my vision.

In the darkness, I could only see moving figures.

Theard Jared shout, "Knife!" My heart leaped to my throat.

need a knife? I cursed myself for wearing

was anxious, I couldn’t rush

excruciatingly slow,

but

as my

Ivanna out, her body pale from soaking

a knife to cut the ropes binding

eyes were tightly shut, and her body

"_.

Jared kept calling her name,

"Ivanna, wake up.

he held the nearly lifeless

moved strangely in the dim light, unsettling us when combined with Jared's desperate

hospital!" Atlas, who

echoed within

seemed to snap

waded through the

her were unquestionable

lost all of his

way for

turned around and

above came Lauren's cries, "Ivanna! How is she?" All of us swiftly climbed

tank and descended the spiral stairs again, there was a

as two groups of people squared