Later that night . . .
“Do you have any idea how worried we were?” Mrs. Saunders said as they walked through the front door of their home.
“I am sorry, Mom. We got carried away with time,” Ari replied.
“How did you kids get out of the church?” Mrs. Saunders yelled.
“We found a secret passage that leads to Opása open fields,” Ari advised.
“What? I thought those tunnels were sealed off years ago,” Mrs. Saunders responded.
“Not all of them. Just two, Mom,” Ari replied.
With a worried and frightened expression, Mrs. Saunders held her daughter close to her and said, “Ari, promise me you and your friends will never enter those tunnels ever again.”
“Why, Mommy? We were just playing,” Ari replied.
“Something horrific happened many years ago. Please do not go there again,” Mrs. Saunders wa
