“Peter!” she shouted, her voice trembling. “Peter, are you okay?” But only silence answered her, thick and heavy. The well seemed to swallow her words, leaving her with a dreadful silence and the echo of Peter’s scream in her ears. She felt helpless, her mind racing with worst-case scenarios. 

In a panic, Peter’s hands shook as he pulled out his phone, desperately trying to turn on the flashlight. The darkness around him was thick, pressing in from all sides. With a click, a beam of light sliced through the black, revealing the deep, hidden spaces of the well below him.