Steam curled around me as I soaked in the hot tub. The bath was too warm, I couldn’t move, my limbs floated in the water, as if they belonged to someone else. The silence of the villa pressed in like a second skin, making the faint dripping of the faucet sound deafening. For a moment, I let myself believe this stillness could be peace.

Then suddenly I heard it, my name, I heard Mala's voice calling out my name

"Ivana!"

The sound of Mala's voice tore through the air like a scream ...