The Elevator: A 21st Century Romance (Book 1) (3 page)

Friday arrived and Ted was getting ready to clock out for the last time. Rachael had stayed late to finish going over some last minute details involving the contract that she had just got signed. All of the others had went home except for her and Ted who was just about finished sweeping the parking garage and then he was going to go home and grab a beer. He had all weekend to drown his sorrows as Monday morning meant that he had to find a new job. Ted saw the woman coming across the
parking garage and then saw a man that was fast approaching Rachael. Ted had no idea that the woman was Rachael as he made his way over to see if there was going to be trouble. It was not until he was about five feet away that he saw the gun being pulled and placed against her head.

“Give me all your money and don't make a sound. I swear I have no issues using this and splattering your brains all over this garage.” Rachael went to grab her purse and give it to him but that was when the first hit caught her across the jaw, the second one was the one that had knocked her to the ground and semi-unconscious. Ted came out of nowhere and tackled the mugger and quickly grabbed the arm that he had the gun in and gave it a quick snap. Rachael was conscious enough to see this happen and hear the snap of the man’s arm. The sound of the bone breaking seemed like a cannon going off in her head. Rachael was not able to get a clear view of the man that had just saved her as his back was to her.

The man that had just saved the life of Rachael took out his cell phone and called the police. The mugger took off on foot as Ted gave chase to him. Rachael heard the voice of Janice as she laid on the ground still hurting from the attack that she had just went through.

“Oh my god Rachael are you all right? What the hell happened, I came out just as the man was being knocked to the ground. Are you seriously hurt, do you need me to call an ambulance?”

“Slow down Janice, I was mugged not beat to death, I have taken worse from my mother when I pissed her off. Spill a bottle of wine on a white carpet, then you will know the meaning of getting the shit beat out of you. Besides I thought you had already left.”

“I came back to grab some files. I was coming out of the elevator when I heard the commotion. Did you get a good luck at the man that attacked you in case you have to identify him in court?”

“I have a clear picture of him, but the man that saved my ass, I have no idea who it was. I barely saw his face. I saw a couple of features but nothing that was identifiable. I assume that you didn't see anything.”

“Rachael I wish I did see him, he took off before I saw his face. All I know is I am glad that he was here to save you otherwise Clifton Communications could have been naming a new CEO.”

Both Rachael and Janice sat on the ground waiting for the cops to arrive and hoping that her knight in shining armor would return so Rachael could thank him properly. Whoever the man was, Rachael had a debt of gratitude that she wanted to pay him for saving her life.