Nineteen years ago (Alessandro - eighteen years old)
Alessandro
There are two rules when it comes to picking locks.
One—all locks have weak points.
Two—some weak points are more exploitable than others.
That’s the first thing my old man taught me when he took me along to do a job. Too bad that was almost ten years ago, and some of his teachings don’t apply anymore.
I put the flashlight into my mouth and take the lock pick and the tension wrench, focusing the light on the lock in front of me. The damn thing doesn’t have any apparent exploitable weak points, so the only way to crack it will be by disassembling it with skill and sheer determination.
A dog barks somewhere down the street. I pause and listen. The frigid autumn wind blows around me, swirling the dry leaves through t
