The elevator doors clicked shut, but Anna’s mind stayed frozen on the fifth floor.The shoes.The silver emblem on the heel. A custom piece she had spent weeks designing for Adrian, a token from a time when she still believed their marriage meant something.A paralyzing panic gripped her chest. The image of Adrian, pale and sweating, coughing blood after her father’s brutal blows, flashed through her mind.Adrian wasn’t pretending. He was hurt, and she had pushed him away, ignoring his pain.“No, no, no...” Anna whispered, her voice cracking.Her hand shot out, hitting the button for the fifth floor repeatedly. The elevator had already passed it, descending to the fourth, then the third. The two elderly passengers inside the elevator gave her strange, worried glances as she frantically pressed the controls, her breathing ragged.“Miss, are you alright?” one of them asked, reaching out a hand.Anna didn't even hear them.Her heart was hammering a frantic rhythm against her ribs.The do
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