The upper lid didn’t budge. I looked at Gabriel. He stepped in and tried pushing the lid with his arms. Nothing. I looked at him helplessly. Did this mean we seriously couldn’t do anything about it? It wouldn’t open? A light breeze started gently lifting my hair, blowing it to my face. I was staring at the heavy box, trying to figure out how to open it. I used the key, it was unlocked... and yet, even Gabriel couldn’t open it.
“Have you come?” I turned around. I heard some sound in the breeze. But there was no one. Gabriel was looking at the box from all sides, thinking it was somehow stuck. Maria, Sam, and Theo were organizing a few things out of the room, shouting at each other things they should be doing. I had to be hearing things. It wasn’t Gabriel’s voice. It sounded weak as if it d
