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.

a knife? I cursed myself for

I was anxious,

excruciatingly slow, and my legs

effort, but I finally reached

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

pulled Ivanna out, her body pale from soaking in

the ropes binding

shut, and her body

"_.

her name, his

"Ivanna, wake up.

the nearly lifeless Ivanna in his arms,

strangely in the dim light, unsettling us when combined with

to the hospital!" Atlas, who had just

echoed

to snap

through the filthy water,

her were unquestionable

had lost all of his

way for

stairs quickly turned around and headed back

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

the iron tank and descended the spiral stairs again,

as two groups of people squared off