Deep in my Heart

.m. Her heels reverberated on the marble floor as she neared the elevator, her body aching with exhaustion. The job had closed hours

he silence. As the doors began to close, a booted foot slid bet

cket, and carried a mop in one hand. He was tall, broad-shouldered, and surprisingly clean-shaven

pressing the button

ked into the furthest corner. Th

did not su

e lights flickered and came to a

d the side railin

aid, pressing the emergency

ed, caressing her forehead.

at her. "

ntern supervisor hates me, my feet ache, and I have to walk fou

"I have end

glance. "You do not l

oes not have an

e floor, and extended her legs.

sting on his knees. His features popped out more in the fluorescent half-lig

rlotte,"

then nodded

re you new here?" "I ha

ecently. Ni

tors had access to the building's

popular belief, I am

situation was terrible, it felt incr

nal moan of the elevator cables. Charlotte looked dow

wful," Barron began, his tone

enough to answer. Perhaps he wasn't trying to f

aising a kid alone, working, interning here, and looking for a

d. "How old

a "She is

pride. Hope, too, althou

informed him. I moved in with my mother for a while, but sh

ce had only cracked once,

id. "That is a l

ile. "Yes, well. I am used to

a moment. Then he leaned back a

have lost

ed up in

obile accident happened two

ght. "I genuin

, and full of vitality. We were shopping for wedding ve

her lips. "I can not imagin

hs. I did not eat. Just existed. Then I became involved in my compa

not this strange?" How can individuals endure these hid

l bleeding

ound together by a sorrow neith

ted. "My brain." When I'm alone, this is w

mmunicate with my mother while I am cooking. She taught me how to make eve

y. "She sounded

as the

the lights flashed agai

d. "Oh. "I suppo

o the lobby

y, neith

replied softly, r

, too. "

ng as if I we

"You are not. "You are just..

d. "Will I s

building only has so many elevato

t outside, and walk

tirred-something he thought had died with Flair. Perhaps p

stranger help