The assistant subconsciously followed Howard Coleman's gaze, only to see the closed elevator doors, and couldn't help but feel a hint of confusion. What was so interesting about the elevator doors?
After waiting a moment and seeing that Howard Coleman still had no reaction, the assistant called out again, "Mr. Coleman?"
Howard Coleman turned his head slightly, not waiting for the assistant to continue discussing the matter they had just talked about; he simply stuffed the files he'd been holding into the assistant's hands and said, "You handle it."
Then, without waiting for the assistant to speak, he strode toward the elevator.
Howard Coleman went straight to the underground parking lot, saw that Madeleine's car was still there because the elevator was on the thirty-seventh floor; he then ran directly from the stairs back to the main lobby on the first floor, and, panting, rushed out of the Pristine's Corporation building.