Deadline
“She whirled as the door closed, ready to fire again, but faced only an empty corridor. Everyone in the elevator had jumped back, all but Diana, who leaped out as the shooting started and sat on the floor about ten feet away. Walker stood flat against a wall, waiting. An alarm went off, and almost at that exact second the express elevator came. Joanne Sayers grabbed her bag, leaving the loose money on the floor, and pushed them ahead of her into the cage.
The elevator stopped only once going dow...n, at the halfway point. Two men got on, so engrossed in some corporate argument that they paid no attention to the ringing bell. Less than thirty seconds later the elevator reached the ground. The lobby was still full of people, and word was passing among them that there had been a shooting and that one of the elevators was trapped between floors. Joanne Sayers pushed them through it, through the revolving door and into the street. Outside, the world went on as if nothing had happened. Half a block away, the bank looked strangely different, all its menace gone.MoreLess
The elevator stopped only once going dow...n, at the halfway point. Two men got on, so engrossed in some corporate argument that they paid no attention to the ringing bell. Less than thirty seconds later the elevator reached the ground. The lobby was still full of people, and word was passing among them that there had been a shooting and that one of the elevators was trapped between floors. Joanne Sayers pushed them through it, through the revolving door and into the street. Outside, the world went on as if nothing had happened. Half a block away, the bank looked strangely different, all its menace gone.MoreLess
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