Empathy for the Devil

He had broken in, and he intended to return. About that there was really no reasonable doubt.

He’d intruded into a locked parking garage and had stolen a garage door opener out of one of the cars left unlocked by a paying tenant who’d assumed its security.

He’d returned on the day my partner and I had moved in, and he’d stolen the remote on the day prior. An email meant to assure us of our safety…