Mortal Desire by Alexander Bryn

Author:Alexander Bryn [Bryn, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lilly Pilly Publishing
Published: 2015-04-30T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Storm clouds hung low when I started my work day with the three remaining Elevator Operators. I greeted each one with a hand grip and a man hug. We were interspersed amongst the thirteen elevators presented to the occupants of the building. I was still the operator of Elevator Thirteen, the last one in the line of elevators.

The day proceeded slowly as the novelty of pushing your own button in the elevators attracted most of the occupants. At 10 am however, I was staggered to see a mobile Sarah.

She hobbled at a slow pace towards me, holding another painted canvas in her hand.

‘Good morning Miss Flynn. I am surprised to see you two days after hurting your ankle. I thought it would have been at least two and a half days until you could put weight on your foot again!’ I said, and tried to get a look at her ankle. The bruising was concealed by the black stockings that she wore.

‘It is still sore, believe me Li—Henry. But I have one of many paintings to deliver. Can you take me to the thirty-third floor please,’ she said smiling at me, the pupils of her eyes dilated.

‘Absolutely, step into my office,’ I said, and offered my arm to her to take as support.

‘Thank- you,’ she said as the doors closed.

I smiled and nodded to her, and the elevator car started to ascend to the thirty-third floor.

She stepped closer to me. ‘For going out with me on Saturday I mean. I had an amazing time with you, and it didn’t quite end the way that I wanted it to Liam,’ she said quietly, and stepped even closer to me, her lips parted as she searched my eyes and then focused on my lips.

My heart accelerated as a magical feeling came over me. I pointed to my name tag.

‘Henry. I am Henry Miss Flynn,’ I said in a low husky voice.

She stepped away from me then, and blinked at me with a look of panicked confusion over her face.

‘So Henry, you are not Liam, is that what you are saying?’ Her breathing was shallow and fast.

I reached out my hand towards her. ‘No ... I am saying that I have not pressed every button so that you can escape from me.’ I tried to explain my feelings for her without saying them explicitly.

She just stared at me. Her face was unreadable and I didn’t like it.

The doors pinged open and she stepped out of the elevator and our conversation was left unfinished. When the doors closed, I took my hat and gloves off, and ran my hand through my hair before I put them on again. The elevator stopped at floor thirteen. The doors opened and closed again, before I was transported back to the ground floor.

Odd.

I started to feel anxious after my conversation with Sarah had not ended the way I wanted it to. I exited my elevator, about turned and re-entered my elevator, closed the doors and held its position on the ground floor so that nobody could enter it.

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