Chapter 052 Meeting Dawn

SEVEN

This tunnel had been formed during the groundwork construction of this house many years ago. My late father was the one who insisted that a tunnel be made.

I was about fifteen or sixteen at the time. When I saw the plan, I thought it was ridiculous. I couldn't fathom why my father insisted on making a tunnel for a house that wasn't going to be lived in.

For a long time, the house wasn't even completed. I didn't even know why he insisted on building it since we had our own magnificent villa which had many rooms.

But after the bomb blast that killed many, I realized why. My father was no fortune teller, but he sure planned for the future. To think that as a boy, I always felt that he was so paranoid.

Look who was about to use the tunnel now?

I pulled on the wall of thorny grass. Although a few thorns pierced my hand, I endured the pain. A pile of grass lay on the ground by the time I was done making a pathway.

The tunnel was dark. So dark that it unnerved me. I switched on my pho