Panic has fully consumed me by the time the doors slide open so, I don’t waste a second, squeezing out the door and hurrying toward the exit, hoping not to run into anyone this time.
I checked the progress of my Uber on the way down, and it should be pulling up outside right now. They’ll only wait a few minutes, but that’s more than enough time. If I’m not out those front doors in the next sixty seconds, I might never make it out.
The lobby is a grand affair, and there’s a short flight of four steps to get down from the main open area to the front doors, where the security guards are standing around.
I’m too worried about King chasing me to notice that it started raining outside, and that enough people have come and gone, leaving tracks of water on the sleek stone steps.
On the second
