Amara first observed the lock on the metal door, it only had numbers from 0-9. She sighed in relief as only 10 keys and an enter key is available so her job should be easier.
On the screen she saw four blanks, she concluded it is a four-numbered password.
There are 10000 possible combinations to unlock this door and she needs to find that one combination, with this thought she frowned.
She thought what can the password be and then she decided there is only one way to crack it.
She closed her eyes and imagined herself to be a mafia leader.
'I am Amara Russo, leader of the Russo group. This is my home and I need to set a password to one of my secret rooms, what password should I set? I can't set some random numbers as I might forget it, I am old. I can forget the password so I should select a combination which is very close to my heart, a combination I would never forget. I can't have my birthday or such obvious days as my password which is known to the public as they too would guess it. But I need to have a special day as my password, a day which is so special to me that only I know of it.'
Amara opened her eyes and thought which means there is a higher chance that the password to this lock is definitely a date. There is a possibility that it is a combination of date and month or only the year would be the password. She thought hard and came to a conclusion that only having a year as a password is not feasible and it is always the date and that month which are special so she decided to give the dates and the months combination.
Now she thought which date and month would be the password, she has no idea about anything related to Michael Russo's life. She just met him, until today she didn't even know she had a great uncle let alone know anything about him.
Michael was observing all the facial expressions of Amara and trying to figure out her thought process, he was really excited to see if Amara would actually be able to crack this code, he also wanted to check something through this activity.
Amara then thought about the relationship between her and Michael, they were connected through her grandmother Bria/Bella. She decided to think from her grandmother's perspective as that is the only choice she has, as her grandmother was close to Michael at some point maybe this special date would have been a part of her life too. She again closed her eyes.
'I am Bria Russo, I ran away from my home and changed my name to Bella Brown. Changing one's identity is a big thing, I am definitely upset for giving up on my family but I don't like the violence and activities my family is involved in. Although I am running away and giving up on my family, this is an important day for my past life so the least I can do is celebrate this day with my family and let them know the importance of this date even if I am not giving them full information. I have to ensure my family respects this date as much as I do.'
"August 8" Amara murmured surprised.
She thought if her thought process is correct and there exists a special day for the Russos which only they are aware of then there is a high chance that August 8 is that day. Every year their entire family visits the local church on 8th of August and then they go to an orphanage to make donations. Every year they choose different orphanages. This date is very important for her grandma, she never told them what it is but if she was strict and rigid about one thing in life then it is to visit the church and the orphanage with her entire family on this day.
Anyone from the family can go out on their birthdays and anniversaries, it was fine but on August 8, no one was allowed to have any other plans. Last year Jackson made plans to go on a trip with his friends from August 4 to August 10 but grandma who always pampered Jackson and never said no to him, made him cancel this trip as she wanted him to be with the family.
Amara was curious to know about this date when she was young but getting no response from anyone she gave up bothering herself with this date and made it a habit to not plan anything on this date.
Amara's intuition told her August 8 is the password. Luckily now she doesn't have to worry about the order, if the month comes first or the date and decides to enter the password - 0808.
She stepped towards the locker to enter the password.
"Are you confident Amara?" Michael asked as he didn't expect her to be ready with a password so soon and also thought she would ask him for a hint.
"Yes, great uncle"
"Fine, do remember if the password is wrong, you will never know what is behind the door."
"Yes great uncle, I am aware of it."
His words did worry Amara but she was 90% confident she is right.
She closed her eyes and took a long breath, then she slowly clicked on the numbers 0, 8, 0, 8. Before she could press on enter, Michael again said, "Amara are you sure?"
"Yes great uncle" Now she was even more confident as Michael saw the password and didn't stop her and when he asked this question, his voice had a hint of pride on it.
Without any second thought Amara clicked the enter button.