The Elevator Driver Is Part of Their Play

I'm just a night shift elevator driver. At 10:30 in the evening, I'm waiting for a man and woman to arrive on time. Wrist clasping, silence, ascending, forty-two floors. Day after day, every second. I thought it was just watching and being transparent. Until I found out—— The elevator is the stage and they are the actors. And I am the only spectator who cannot be absent from this secret play. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.