The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

The woman stands alone behind the desk, hands trembling slightly, the lobby empty behind her.

He walked to the stairs with his phone already at his ear, and the lobby went back to pretending he had never been in it.

I stood there trying to work out whether I had just been warned or promoted.

My hands were shaking, which was stupid, because I had been colder all week.

The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

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I run the night desk at Marsh Tower. I decide who reaches the top floor and who waits below. Nobody looks at me. That is how I stay safe. My brother is missing. My mother forgets my name a little more each week. I take extra shifts, pay the care home, and keep my mouth shut. Then Coren Marsh sees me. Not my badge. Me. He watches me handle a blackout and does not look away. I make one bad call and expect to be fired. He keeps me. He moves me closer. He builds walls around me and calls it work. Every wall makes me safer. Every wall makes him harder to leave. He says he protects what is his. I need to know if he is building me a way out or a cage—before I stop wanting the door.