Beyond the Divorce

"No, she can't leave my sight!" Atlas said firmly as he tightened his grip on me. I knew he was afraid of losing me.

I felt a little guilty. I must be a burden to him at times like these.

Cane naturally understood Atlas's intentions and didn't say much. He led the way ahead with long strides.

After walking quickly for over ten minutes, we left the woods and saw a village ahead. Two cars immediately approached us, and Atlas hurriedly ushered me into one of them. When Cane retrieved our clothes from the car's trunk, Atlas said, "Change immediately!"

Glancing at my clothes, I realized they would easily reveal where we had been.

We changed into clean clothes, so we looked decent when we were in the car again.

By now, it was bright outside.

The sky was a grayish-white, and the air was refreshing.

As the car drove on the road, I realized we had emerged from behind a village.

The car sped up and soon turned onto an inconspicuous and secluded road, with banana trees on both sides obscuring the path. I realized that this was the entrance to the base.

minutes, and there was still no signal, indicating that the situation inside

left the car, walked to the guards, and explained why we were here. I saw one of them speaking into a walkie-talkie,

said, "Don't be nervous, I'm here. Remember, no matter what happens, don't leave my

"Understood."

eyes scrutinized the environment

stationed every few steps at

couldn't help but think that no one could possibly escape, not even with

a relieved expression. We had been given permission to enter. He returned to

drove in, displaying extreme vigilance.

kept driving inward. It was

village, but most buildings were densely distributed simple bamboo

and elderly people

bamboo houses.

village. No one would have

and imposing bamboo building

car stopped and signaled us to wait. People quickly got out of the