My Brother Locked Us In The Cellar To Force A Signature But Grandma Knew The Secret Hidden In The Wall

if altitude inside a cellar might somehow create reception.

Stone walls. One door. No windows. My grandmother, seventy-eight years old. Voices muffled above us. Unknown intention when they came back.

Then my grandmother’s fingers tightened around mine.

Not trembling. Tight and deliberate.

“Quiet,” she whispered.

“Quiet?” I hissed. “We’re locked in.”

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