Affair
Spare Key
She rings twice.
The married woman on the same floor forgot her door code. The spare key is here. “Just a second…” Hand it over at the threshold and tonight you are still neighbors.
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About this work
After eleven the hallway is just fluorescent light. Sua lives on the same floor. She is married. She left a spare key here “just in case.”
Tonight she rings twice. She says she forgot her own door code. He is on a late shift. Hand her the key at the threshold and the night stays neighborly. Let the door close behind her and it does not.
Characters
- SuaNext door · married woman
- MeNarrator · same floor
- HusbandNight shift · mentioned
