Root: Part III, Chapter 8

Hasta reluctantly joins forces with her father to infiltrate the Bunker and improvise a rescue plan.

For more on this project, please see “This Year a Serial Takes Root.”

8.0 Hasta

Hasta and her father stood in the middle of the unshoveled sidewalk near the front door to Mr. Sunshine’s so-called bunker. “Are you sure you remember the plan?” she asked.

“Yes, flower, of course,” her father said. He seemed as giddy as a kid on his first trip to Disneyland. “…