Staged

She got off the elevator feeling a bit queasy about how she had treated Ishaq back down at the lobby. For all she knew, the man was only trying to be of help, and if he hadn't stepped in, who knew if her confrontation with Sasha would have turned into some dirty brawl that could cause her to lose respect in the eyes of the other staff, and invariably lose her job. She should have let Ishaq speak up his mind to her before dismissing him like that. In any case, Elma wasn't cut out for dwelling too deeply on regrets —— maybe she was wired that way before, not too long into the past, but meeting Riccardo had changed her orientation somewhat.