He dropped the phone. It clattered on the hardwood floor, screen still glowing. When he picked it up, the ewallet app was gone. Not crashed. Not hidden. Gone. As if it had never been installed.
Yesterday: Deposit - $4,200.00 (Employer: Axiom Logistics) ewallet code
Four months ago: Withdrawal to debit card - $40.00 (Coffee, Union St.) He dropped the phone
He tried his mother's maiden name, his first pet, the street he grew up on. Incorrect. Incorrect. Incorrect. his first pet
And yet, there it was. A single cent. Like a key turning in a lock.
He didn't move.
But the ewallet. The transactions. The midnight rhythm. The penny.