I stared down at the hole in the floor and pressed my fingertips to my forehead. I leaned forward, grabbed the edge of the floorboard and pulled. The rough edges of the wood scraped the skin on my fingers, but I didn"t stop. The board moved up and down; the rusty nails squeaked with each pull. But my strength alone wasn"t enough to free the board from the floor.
I caught sight of the piece we"d removed from inside the hole. I wonder, my mind questioned as I picked up the plank and placed it inside the opening. I angled it so that one end was underneath the floorboard and the other stuck out from the hole. I stepped on the protruding end and using my full weight, bounced on the makeshift lever.
I wonder,After a couple of attempts, the plank slipped, and I almost fell back into the cabinet
