Lenora
The people continued to crowd around us in the hallway, until the crush of bodies pulled me away from River. He was pushed forward toward the elevators, and I was left behind. I didn’t make any attempt to follow him. It seemed like the entire floor emptied like someone had pulled the plug from a drain. River was pushed into the elevator, and when the small car couldn’t hold any more passengers, the remaining employees started taking the stairs.
I didn’t even know where they were going. Maybe they were moving the meet and greet to a larger venue. Perhaps there was a large conference room on one of the lower levels that could accommodate them. I looked around the now deserted executive floor, and was surprised to find River’s doctor still leaning against the secretary’s desk.
