Seven Yellow Circles on a Plain Plate Saved My Family Home

joined the apron of the table.

My fingers found a small, recessed seam in the wood, barely wider than a pencil line.

I pressed the corner of the leg, but nothing moved.

I went back to my desk, fetched the blue fountain pen, and used the flat edge of the silver cap to press into the seam.

There was a soft, wooden click.

A three-inch section continue reading …