Bab 144: I raise them

LANCE

"Are they any dead in here?" I ask. Seven nods. I scuttled on my feet and jump to the set of stairs leading to the trapdoor.

I lift off the metal rod. I open the right door and peek to the world above. It was too dark yesterday I didn't notice...

The fence that cut off the nasty alleyways and suspicious bars on our left, is pretty much a good fifty meters away from us.

From the right, down to the last street, is a peaceful subdivision. I see cars passing by me. Housewives leaning toward their neighborhood yard for fresh gossips. This trapdoor is obscured by the bushes facing the road.

And on my back, is an inconspicuous blue house with dark windows tightly shut. The basement we're in belong to this house. We're tresspasers.

I wonder who lives here. I wonder if they knew Jesper. I wonder where he is now. My eyes landed at the thick trees growing behind the house.