As a child, I loved playing hide and seek—yes, I suppose even back then I loved a good mystery!

What I enjoyed most about playing this game, though, was finding the perfect hiding place.

My perfect hiding place was usually somewhere unexpected, a place where no one would ever think to look for me, like the backseat of our neighbor’s car that was conveniently sitting in her driveway.

However, I only used this place once, because after I settled into the floorboard, the neighbor decided...