Ana stands outside Casa Bella restaurant at eight PM. Diego holds her hand. Both wear hidden body armor under nice dinner clothes.

The other parents arrive one by one. Maria with a young girl who looks like her son from behind. James with a teenager who could be his daughter in dim light. Sarah with twin boys who resemble her real children.

All fake. All actors. All trained to play scared children.

The real children are safe in a military bunker fifty miles away.

"Everyone ready?" Ana ...