disoriented for days, but alive.
Daniel didn’t wait for security, didn’t wait for an elevator.
He took the emergency stairwell three steps at a time, tearing his tuxedo jacket at the shoulder as he forced open a maintenance door that led to the scaffolding platform.
When he found her tangled in the net, barely conscious, he didn’t hesitate for a single second.
“I’ve got you,” he said, his voice breaking.
“I’ve got you, Maria.
Stay with me.”
Above them on the balcony, Victoria stood frozen, staring down at the scene unfolding below, the fiance she loved, cradling the maid she had just tried to kill. While 200 guests slowly began to realize something had gone terribly wrong at the party of the year, Victoria thought the worst was over.
She had no idea it had only just begun. The ambulance lights painted the front of the tower in flashing red
