"What the...?" I'm balancing too many things in my arms at once when I accidentally kick something at my feet. Backing up a little, I see a box in front of my door and sigh. I can't pick it up while I'm holding all of this shit, so I step over it and unlock the door.

After I drop my messenger bag, groceries, gym bag, and everything else I was hanging on to, I make my way back to the front door.

"It's not safe to leave your door wide open, Blake," my neighbor and best friend Asher calls out.

"These crime-ridden streets fear me," I say as I watch...