I stopped one step from the elevator.I did not turn all the way around. I turned my head enough to put him in the corner of my eye and no further."Sebastian.""Yes.""Then give me his name.""I do not have it.""You have the shape of him. You had it a minute ago. Shapes have names.""Evelyn.""Give me his name, Sebastian, or do not stand in a doorway saying sentences that make me stop walking.""If I had his name I would have put it in your mouth a minute ago. I do not have his name. I have the color of the man's hand and I have the size of the room he stands in. That is what I have.""Then find it.""Evelyn.""Find it, Sebastian. Before the next thing he does. Because the next thing he does is going to cost me somebody, and I have used up my supply of people I can afford to lose."The elevator opened.I stepped in.I did not wait for the doors to close on him.Jae was already at the curb."Miss Hart.""My grandfather's house. Fast."Noelle was in the doorway before Jae had the car
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