Marny
“Instead of turning right, toward the elevators, he went left.
“So,” Marny said, “have you been working for Intertech a while?”
He grunted, and waved his card in front of a plain-looking door. For a second, she wondered if he was about to lock her into a janitor’s closet in punishment for wearing non-regulation footwear. Maybe she should have gone for the bloody feet, after all.
The door led to an anteroom holding a single elevator. At their approach, the shiny gold doors slid open to reveal the... gleaming wooden floors and richly paneled walls of what could only be von Coburg’s private ride. The guard gestured her to enter, then followed her into the elevator.
There were no buttons inside. Completely voice activated, and no doubt coded to respond to only a few people.
“Top,” the guard said.
Marny couldn’t decide if the sinking sensation in her gut was due to the express elevator whooshing upward, or the doom that awaited her once she arrived. Would they actually kick out an intern for wearing the wrong shoes?MoreLess
“So,” Marny said, “have you been working for Intertech a while?”
He grunted, and waved his card in front of a plain-looking door. For a second, she wondered if he was about to lock her into a janitor’s closet in punishment for wearing non-regulation footwear. Maybe she should have gone for the bloody feet, after all.
The door led to an anteroom holding a single elevator. At their approach, the shiny gold doors slid open to reveal the... gleaming wooden floors and richly paneled walls of what could only be von Coburg’s private ride. The guard gestured her to enter, then followed her into the elevator.
There were no buttons inside. Completely voice activated, and no doubt coded to respond to only a few people.
“Top,” the guard said.
Marny couldn’t decide if the sinking sensation in her gut was due to the express elevator whooshing upward, or the doom that awaited her once she arrived. Would they actually kick out an intern for wearing the wrong shoes?MoreLess
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