My family left my daughter and me trapped in an abandoned mine—then her whispered warning revealed what my brother had said before we fell

ground disappeared beneath us.

We fell.

I struck a slanted timber brace, then landed on a mound of wet dirt nearly twenty feet below. Pain tore through my ribs. Sophie fell beside me, crying out once before becoming frighteningly silent.

Above us, Daniel’s face appeared against the daylight.

My father stood next to him.

Neither shouted for help.

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