Just then, Ken glanced towards the door. "Boss, you're here."

Emily heard a hoarse voice from behind her. "Yeah, I heard Miranda was here, so I came to see her."

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

Everything around her faded into silence. Emily could hear her own breathing, and the slow, deliberate footsteps of the man approaching. Each second seemed to stretch into eternity, the sound of his polished shoes on the floor echoing crisply, each step pounding like a heavy hammer on her ...