The lock slammed shut. Well, not slammed, precisely. It wasn't even shut all the way, either. Not even mostly. But the deadbolt had been turned. Just enough to keep the door open, when it tried to swing shut. It was a mistake to turn the lock at all. Just let people in, instead of keeping them out.
Martie's mother had always told him to lock the world out was to lock himself in. He didn't like that idea. He liked the idea of letting people in, even though it meant he often lost precious items to opportunistic thieves.
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