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"Deadly serious," I grin "You’re forgetting,about safety There’s an alaret too close"

"I’ll consider myself warned" Ash leads me around to a side door, then taps in a code on the security panel The door opens, and he ushers hts

I look around We’re in a huge, eesturing around "I chandeliers, artwork…"

It’s still unfinished, but I can tell, the place is going to look a "And the rest is condos?" I ask

He nods "Over a hundred units, top of the line We’re already sold out," he adds, with a note of pride in his voice

Now I knohy he carries himself with such confidence New York real estate is a serious business, and if he’s working at this level, heabout this oal, he would work until he achieved it, whether it was a single house or a massive luxury development in the heart of the city

Thebut steel and cables, but there’s a rickety cage set running up the side of the building Ash pulls the grate aside "Co Nobody said anything about "up"

"It’s safe, don’t worry," Ash reassuresfor months"

"No, it’s not that" I s, allhts"

Little is an understatement I hate theraduating because their offices were on the thirtieth floor, and I couldn’t i out his hand to

Panic clenches in my chest Anyone else, I would have told them a flat-out "no," but this isn’t just anyone

It’s him

And if anyone can make me face my fear, it’s theI could turn around now--or I could see what else this night has in store

I take a deep breath and step inside with hi to be sick She grips rate shut and hit a button on the control panel The elevator lurches a few feet in the air, and Noelle lets out a shriek