“Enough to make it look natural.
The phone almost got out of his hands.
No.
It couldn't be.
Not them.
Not your children.
The second file was a photograph.
A document.
Life insurance.
Hannah's name appeared upstairs.
The amount caused the blood to freeze.
Five million dollars.
Beneficiaries:
Kenneth Pembroke.
And Beatrice Pembroke.
The third file was a video.
The picture was blurry.
But the date was that same afternoon.
The camera was placed in the garden.
I showed Beatrice going into the kitchen before the party.
Then Kenneth.
Then you both look at a tray.
The tray where the children's dishes had been.
Hannah stopped breathing.
Then he heard something.
A sound.
Weak.
Next to him.
“Mom...
He turned desperately.
“Mason?”
A little movement.
Then another.
The boy slowly opened his eyes.
“Mom...
Hannah started crying.
I'm here, honey. I'm here.
Mason was breathing hard.
But he was alive.
“Wyatt...
The twin didn't answer.
Hannah gently hit the coffin.
“Wyatt!” Wake up, please!
Then something happened.
A little movement.
A moan.
Wyatt opened his eyes.
All three were still alive.
But the battery was down.
2%.
Hannah looked at the phone.
I needed to make a call.
One.
With shaky hands he dialed the emergency number.
The signal was weak.
Very weak.
For a second he thought it wouldn't work.
Then he heard a voice.
—911, what is your emergency?
Hannah closed her eyes.
And for the first time since he woke up underground, he felt hope.
“I’m... inside a coffin.
Silence.
“Ma’am?” Can you repeat that?
My husband and mother tried to kill us.
His voice broke.
I am buried alive with my children.
The operator reacted immediately.
Stay online. We're gonna track her down.
Hannah pressed the phone against her chest.
But then he heard something.
A sound above them.
Steps.
About the earth.
Someone was in the cemetery.
And a voice came damp from the surface.
The voice of his mother.
Beatrice.
“Kenneth... we have to make sure there’s no proof left.
Hannah stopped breathing.
Because they hadn't gone to say goodbye.
They were back to finish the job.
