Something Valuable

She looked at the keypad on the door and started to rummage through her purse until she found the right items. Lighting up a pencil which was a flashlight in disguise, she looked at the handprints on the pad.

Just like in the movies she started narrowing down the possible codes in her brain. When she gathered results she started to take her chances.

The first one was wrong so was the second….and the third. And when she was about to punch in the last number of the fourth combination she heard steps coming her way.

She hid the flashlight in her purse again and fell on the ground, trying to play the same trick twice.

'Never play the same trick twice.' Her not-so father anymore told her. She shook away his voice, but she realized she would come to regret that seconds later.

"What are you doing here?"