He shook his head immediately. “No. Every safeguard was in place. Security was positioned on every floor. The goal was not to endanger you, but to end his access to you.”
Her voice broke. “Then why did you bring me here.”
“Because he was monitoring you,” Robert replied. “He believed you would be alone. That belief was necessary.”
A knock sounded at the door.
Kiera gasped and stood frozen. Robert raised a hand, signaling calm, and moved toward the entrance.
A voice came through the door. “Kiera. It is me.”
She recognized it instantly. Dennis Walsh, the head of human resources at her company, a man she had trusted implicitly.
Before she could speak, Robert opened the door. Dennis stepped forward, confusion crossing his face as uniformed security and two plain clothes officers emerged from the hallway behind him.
“Mr Walsh,” one officer said, “we need you to come with us.”
Dennis’s face went pale as he was escorted away without resistance. The door closed.
Kiera sank to the floor, her body shaking. “Is it over.”
Robert knelt nearby but did not touch her. “For you, yes. He will not come near you again.”
She looked up at him through tears. “So tonight was never about me being afraid.”