SELENE
I lean my back against the elevator wall, close my eyes, and breathe through the devastation of loving a man more than he was ever capable of deserving.
When the elevator doors open in the lobby, two men are waiting directly in front of the open doors. They don't look like they're leaving.
I take one step back before I can stop myself.
The taller one speaks first. "Ms. Moore."
"What…"
"Please follow us."
I look past them toward the lobby entrance for the guard who was at the security desk when I came in forty minutes ago. He is gone.
I look back at the two men.
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When we arrived at Maxwell's house, the front door is unlocked, and the lights inside are low. A man is already seated at the dining table when they bring me in.
His hands are folded on the table, and he g
