7 Souls by Barnabas Miller & Jordan Orlando

Author:Barnabas Miller & Jordan Orlando [Miller, Barnabas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-375-89381-0
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2010-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

LEANING AGAINST THE SMOOTH mahogany walls of the descending elevator, ears popping as chimes indicated the floors, Mary wondered if she had lost her mind. All her thoughts were going in tight little circles, faster and faster, as the elevator dropped toward the ground. It was obvious that she wasn’t dead; she had already figured that out, but she was beginning to accept that she had gone crazy somewhere along the way. Somebody help me, she thought, pressing her sweat-covered forehead against the glossy wood wall. It was all so real: she could smell the lemon in the polish that somebody had used not that long ago to bring out the expensive mahogany glow, which right now showed Scott’s fat, reddened face, reflected back at her from inches away. Help me, help me; I want to wake up.

The elevator suddenly stopped and a quivering jolt shook her bones. Another chime rang out as the big wooden door rolled open. If she was dreaming, the dream was amazingly realistic—impossibly realistic.

“All right, my man Scott,” a loud male voice called out—Mary saw what looked like a United States Marine in a crisp uniform and cap but was actually just a sallow-faced Manhattan doorman. Stumbling out of the elevator, she noticed a red shaving nick on his pale chin, above the starched white broadcloth collar. “What’s the matter—tough day ahead?”

(Tough day)

What was it about that phrase? It reminded Mary of something. The memory seemed very recent; it flashed into her head all at once, vividly: she could feel a pain in her shoulder and fatigue through her body—she remembered standing in a cold, brightly lit reception room talking to a woman with a headset, a woman she knew.

(Tough day)

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