MY BIG BROTHER: A Forbidden Desire.
I pressed 1109 for my own birthday, then 0303 for his business start date; each time the keypad beeped a dull, negative tone and the lock stayed shut.
I tried combinations: 19730629, 11111980, 01011990………but they all failed.
My breath shallow, I rubbed the pad of my thumb over the digits, feeling the faint grease of a lifetime. .
I paused, head tilted, and thought of dates that mattered more than birthdays or anniversaries. The date my mother had died had lodged into me like a splinter……..how could it not? I’d avoided it, pushed it around in my head like an ache. The date was April 14, 2007. I inhaled, steadied my hand, and typed 04142007.
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