I pushed open the pine door to my room and set the paper pharmacy bag on the wooden desk.

The hum of the old electric radiator filled the small space.

My canvas travel bag sat on the floor in the corner between the radiator and the wardrobe.

When I left the room at three o’clock, I had pulled the main brass zipper all the way down to the bottom right corner and tucked the tab under the fabric flap.

Now the tab was at the top center of the zipper track, sticking straight up.