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.

did he need a knife? I cursed myself for wearing semi-high

I was anxious, I couldn’t rush

excruciatingly slow,

but I finally reached the

as my eyes adjusted to the

Ivanna out, her body pale

cut the ropes binding

tightly shut, and her body was limp,

"_.

her name,

"Ivanna, wake up.

he held the nearly lifeless Ivanna in his arms, he

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

the hospital!" Atlas, who had just arrived,

echoed within the

to snap

waded through the filthy water,

her were

had lost all of his

made way

descending the stairs quickly turned around and headed

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

the top of the iron tank and descended the spiral stairs again, there was a bright white

in the air as two groups of people squared off