Paul Fogherty felt<br />
his stomach lurch along with the elevator as it started its way up.<br />
His whole body was suffused with that awkward tingling feeling he<br />
associated with anxious excitement, and with good reason. The<br />
elevator ride was long enough that he was beginning to have second<br />
thoughts about being there, and he had a powerful urge to just mash<br />
the button that would take him back to the ground floor. However, a<br />
deep curiosity and desire for closure kept him going.<br />
Paul thought back<br />
to the eve