The atmosphere in the bus was tense, remorse heavy in the air. They should have listened to Darryl and prevented the siblings from coming up the bus!

Alas, it was too late for regrets!

Lily, Megan, Yvonne, and Nancy could clearly be seen through the windows. They were tied up tightly against a tree.

It was an ancient tree over a hundred years old; its thick trunk could not even be wrapped around by a dozen men. The lush canopy was like a giant umbrella. Thousands of branches hung beneath, shr