Chapter 72: Memories Part 3

She felt a wave of disappointment flood over her. Frantically, she searched through the crowd, but he had gone. Her heart gave a jump as she spied his tall frame hastening up some steps to a mezzanine floor. Hitching her dress, she followed suit, pushing past bodies that were everywhere. It frustratingly felt they were deliberately blocking her way, so contrary to when she was dancing. At last, squeezing past the last few bodily obstructions, she got to the stairs. It felt like another eternity passed before she finally got to the top. There was no sign of him. She saw a door with a luminescent EXIT displayed and spied a door attendant and ran to him. “Excuse me. Did you see a tall, dark haired man leave, only a few moments ago?”

He looked at her. She could swear she had seen his face before.

“No one has left in the last ten minutes.”