"Yeah, I didn't want to sit, so I took my boyfriend and moved aside. Who knew we just happened to avoid it."
That really was a stroke of luck.
Someone had been monitoring their conversation from backstage the whole time. When she said she was acrophobic and could still take the elevator up, they'd already pulled up the earlier security footage of her on the elevator, and everything matched what she'd said.
This, of course, was all thanks to her being on edge the moment she stepped into the mall. She was fine while shopping, but the second she got on the elevator, her hands gripped the handrail tight, her eyes glued to the ceiling. Even when she glanced to the side or down, it was always with extreme caution—and just like that, her nervousness actually came in handy for once.
