When Egan and Althea rounded the corner outside their room they saw Leeza holding an elevator door. She gestured for them to join her with a twitch of her head. When the elevator arrived at the 22nd floor, Leeza waved them across the hall into the janitor’s closet. After closing the door behind them, she opened the electric panel and tapped in a code on a small keypad. Egan and Althea stumbled as the closet turned elevator lurched downward.
While descending into building’s sub-basement Leeza explained that they would be met by two men who would escort them out a utility corridor to a getaway vehicle. The Deputy Secretary of the Law and Order Directorate had arranged for their transport to a safe and comfortable place to recover from their ordeals. Almost as an afterthought Leeza added “Yo
