Breath fogging in the cold night air, Emily stood outside the tall glass structure. Still flickering on her phone screen, Ava's warning "Be cautious, Emily. You never know the true string pullers." Her fingers quivered slightly, she focused her attention on the message. Ava could be playing a bluff. Alternatively, was something even more hazardous involved, something Emily had not seen?
Her ideas were cut off by the harsh buzz of the entrance as she swiped her keycard into the structure. Her footsteps reverberated into the foyer, the marble floor heightening the coiled tension inside her. Daniel was there waiting. She adored the guy she had risked everything for. But uncertainty now tore at her. Could she have faith in him? Could she at least trust someone?
The lift to Daniel's workplace
