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

though I was anxious, I couldn’t

excruciatingly slow,

but

the stagnant water as my eyes adjusted

Ivanna out, her body pale

cut the ropes binding

tightly shut, and her body was limp, barely holding

"_.

her name, his voice filled with

"Ivanna, wake up.

here!" As he held the nearly lifeless Ivanna in his

strangely in the dim light, unsettling us when

quick, get her to the hospital!" Atlas, who had just

voice echoed within the

seemed to snap

waded through the filthy

love and concern for her were

lost all of

way

stairs quickly turned around

is she?" All

the top of the iron tank and descended the spiral stairs again,

two groups of