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After a pause, Elora turned to Steph and wrapped her firht

“Oh, Steph,” she breathed

Steph could feel her htly

Finally, as the elevator made its way down to the first floor, Elora pulled away, stroking her daughter’s face

“Can you forgive me?”

Steph’s eyes widened “Forgive you? What for? You didn’t do anything wrong”

“Didn’t I?” Elora asked, looking entirely miserable “It was , and now I see that your fiancé didn’t want any part of it either We could have justas best for you”

Before Steph had a chance to reply, the doors opened and they were met with compete chaos

The security guard looked at the elevator with accusation in his eyes, and he wasn’t alone Two police officers had arrived, and they were rushing toward the elevator even as it opened

“That’s her! That’s the woman who forced her way in!”

The guard was pointing directly at Steph’srong

“There seems to have been some mistake, officers,” Elora said, her voice smooth as silk “We elcome here Call Sadiq and ask him yourselves”

The officers exchanged confused looks as they deliberated who to believe Finally, one of thelaring at Elora, before he stepped behind the desk and dialed the number

The officer took the phone once the guard had finished dialing “Yes, we’re here on account of a disturbance in your building We have detained three individuals who just caranted them permission to enter”

The officer listened to Sadiq speak at length before he hung up the receiver and glared at the guard “False alaret out of here”