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

the guards, and explained why we were here. I saw one of them speaking into a walkie-talkie, presumably communicating with someone

Atlas tightened his grip on my hand and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm here. Remember,

"Understood."

eyes scrutinized the

every few steps at the entrance, and a high wire fence surrounded the

no one could possibly escape,

walked back to us with a relieved expression. We had been given permission to enter. He

car drove in, displaying extreme vigilance. They seemed afraid we would

kept driving inward. It was

village, but most buildings were densely distributed simple bamboo houses. There were quite a few people

children and elderly people in front of

bamboo houses.

On the surface, it looked like a big village. No one would have thought it

bamboo building was in the

we arrived at the building, the car stopped and signaled us to wait. People quickly got