*Neveah*
Only a few feet into the cave, I’m relieved that it insulates us—slightly—from the sound of the gunfire. There is still a possibility of someone shooting straight into it if they were to crawl down here on their bellies like we did, but it feels a lot safer than being outside in the middle of it. I’m just starting to feel better about all this when I step into a foot of water.
“Hold up,” I tell Sam. Damn. I remember talking to my dad about the cave but forgot it’s part of an underground spring system. The further into the cave we go, the more water we’ll find, and it could get to a point where there’s no place to sit and tend to his gunshot wound. Still, dodging water is much better than dodging bullets. “We won’t be able to get much further in with the water in here, but we can
