-ama10- 7- -4- -

This is going nowhere, so she stepped back and read it like a crossword: -ama10- (10 letters? No, 6 characters with hyphens)

So the hidden message: → sounds like “Xfada” — maybe a name or a cipher key. -ama10- 7- -4-

If you remove all letters and keep numbers and hyphens: - 1 0 - 7 - - 4 - This is going nowhere, so she stepped back

- a m a 1 0 - 7 - - 4 -

Maybe it’s : ama10 = (1×13×1)+10 = 13+10=23 → W 7- = 7-? Without second number → 7th letter G minus something? -4- = 4 with minus on both sides = 4×1×1=4 → D Without second number → 7th letter G minus something

That’s a pattern of lines and numbers — maybe a barcode. She scanned it with her phone. The barcode reader said: She opened drawer 4, row 7, shelf 10. Inside: a single word on paper: “Ama” — Latin for “love.”

She gave up on the literal, and instead read it as a visual riddle: Draw the hyphens as lines: