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.

knife? I cursed myself for wearing

though I was anxious,

excruciatingly slow, and my legs

effort, but

jumped into the stagnant water as my eyes adjusted to the darkness

her body pale from soaking in the

used a knife to cut the ropes binding her hands and

shut, and her

"_.

name,

"Ivanna, wake up.

nearly lifeless Ivanna in

the dim light, unsettling us when combined with

to the hospital!" Atlas, who had just arrived, shouted

echoed within the

seemed to snap out of

the filthy

love and concern for her were

lost all of his

made way for

around and headed back up, fearing the

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

we reached the top of the iron tank and descended

air as two