My boys scrambled ahead fearlessly as if this were a video game. I hesitated as if this were my real life. Hello? It is our real life! Anyone? Anyone? Maybe that was it, maybe I was scared because this was all real, this was just an after school walk home and now we’ve been down a secret tunnel, catapulted into a different park, our dog is missing, and now we’re consciously climbing back up this tunnel through a place where obviously we’re not the first and I’m not even sure we’re alone. Oh, that’s OK, let’s just pretend it’s a video game, that’s easier. I’ll just follow along.
Was it a small light? Maybe a flashlight? But it wasn’t necessarily shining, it was more like a reflection, like a cat’s eye at...
“Wait!” I whispered hoarsely behind Li. “What?” Li turned his head towards me and asked. But I didn’t have anything to say. I was...
“I heard it here!” Li shouted. “Me, too!” Lu said excitedly. “I did, too!” I said quickly. “But it came through my tunnel,” I...