270 RECKLESS DECISIONS

His heart was not settled. As the elevator approached his floor, his heart raced more. He tried to ask himself why, but his subconscious kept giving him suspicious hints. He had trusted his assistant over the years. Although he had given thanks to the company, his greatest asset was not burned to ashes; he feared that the burning might not be physical but internal. As he exited the elevator, he hated that he started seeing and perceiving things differently. "Why would the floor smell like this?" It was quite choking on this day, and it made him want to puke. "Why am I seeing people in clusters? They should be working; it is goddamn past 8:00 a.m. Some workers who saw him from afar immediately separated and hurried up into their offices before he came closer. "Why, please?" He thought. "Please, everything must be okay." He muttered under his breath. Some offices were engulfed in silence, and his heart palpitated. His feet walked faster than he would normally, and he could not wai