“Is this where I can sign up to be a bank robber?” Chester asked timidly. He held up a cellphone with a Hole-in-the-Wall app profile open on it. He was sure it was not clear what he meant, being that this was the headquarters of a cellphone app that catalogued dive bars. The receptionist’s eyes widened and without a word, he immediately punched in an extension on his phone. He stared down at the panel of lights until one lit up.
“Take that elevator,” he said, pointing to the first in a bank along the wall. “Don’t press any buttons. It’ll take you where you need to go.”
“Thank you,” Chester said, giving the receptionist a grateful smile and he turned for the elevator. He pressed the call button and boarded when the doors opened.
Standing there, he wondered why he was not given a floor. Where was he supposed to go? The building had six floors. He was about to just pick one at random so he could get off and ask for better directions, but the elevator began to move, not up but down.
A secret basement, he thought to himself. Neat!
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