Seven Yellow Circles on a Plain Plate Saved My Family Home

all the emergency cash I had hidden in the blue ceramic mixing bowl on my pantry shelf.

I walked back to my car, my joints aching with every step.

I drove home through the dark, the headlights catching the dry cornstalks in the fields.

I locked my front door and turned the deadbolt, knowing the lock was only a temporary barrier.

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