Chapter 149

Fuck!” I snatch back my hands and cradle my injured digit to my chest. It throbs, the pain seeming to shoot all the way down to my toes.

But I don’t nurse it for more than a few seconds. Time is of the essence.

There’s another door beside the elevator, which I assume leads to the fire escape. But I can do no more than rattle the handle because it’s locked.

Next, I attempt the one that leads to the roof deck. Surely there’s a fire escape from up there. But it, too, is locked now.

I whirl, looking around wildly, searching for another way out. Then I run around trying every door I suspect is an exit. All locked.

For a moment, I can’t catch my breath. Every muscle in my body is threatening to shut down, leaving me weak and trembling. If Nathan returns to find me like this, he’ll know that I know who he is.

What will he do to me then? I guess that depends on why he has me here in the first place. If I have to guess, he knows his father came to see me that night.

Suddenly, a little bout of