You push evermore, until it is completely removed from the corner. Your Grandmother turns towards the sound.
After the hutch has been moved, you notice that there is a small door underneath it with a lock on the handle. You've never noticed it before- in fact, you didn't even know there was a basement.
"Mama? What is-"
As you turn back to your Grandmother, she is holding her throat. You run over, thinking she is choking- but instead, she pulls out a necklace from her shirt, and on the end of the chain is a key.
"Morel, check on the babies. I'd ask Iwiw but he must be caught up at the University.”
She takes the key off her neck, and hands it to you. It's made of brass, with a small diamond design encrusted around the opening.
"Is this for the basement?"
She doesn't respond. It seems as though she is starting to fall asleep.
You will...