Dark water......
Her worst fear. Her worst nightmare. But she couldn't succumb. There was a life growing inside of her. A life that deserves its chance to see the world and be loved by a family.
An ear-shattering noise. Reverberations that crushed the chest. A sweep of a wave that was like a lifting hand, tossing her about. Away from the wreckage. Into the deeper waters of the lake. The smell of oil and burning wood. Pieces of shattered board are floating around. But fear of dark water was the worst. It was ingrained. Deadly. She floated. She choked. She would have given up, but there was a life inside her and she couldn't die.
Pieces of wood in her hands.
How long she floated, she couldn't be certain. She would learn later that it was less than twenty minutes. It felt like an eterni
