Seven Yellow Circles on a Plain Plate Saved My Family Home

rolls of peppermint candies rolling across the thin carpet until they hit the baseboard. She did not stop to pick them up. She reached for the brass doorknob with both hands, her fingers slipping on the metal.

“I need to go home,” she said, not looking at either of us as she pulled the door open.

“Clara,” I called out.

The door closed behind her, the continue reading …