Chapter 50: Chapter 50: MANCINI

I watched her walk away with a bitter taste in my mouth. I should let her go. I should, but barely leashed anger had me getting to my feet. I didn't hurry after her, but reached her all the same just as the elevator doors slid open and she stepped inside. She looked at me with frightened eyes as I crowded her. I heard others coming but pressed the door close button without sparing them a glance.

I trapped her against the wall of the elevator after closing the door in the face of the man and two women who were rushing to catch it. "Hank I..." I didn't want to hear it, so I cut her off. I studied her face as if this was the last time we'd ever be this close again. I could kill her for doing this to me, but that would be too easy.