Unless the full text is known, it will be impossible to tell with absolute certainty whether the ellipsis as used in the sentence above was a pause for dramatic effect or omission of words.
Ellipsis is simply three dots (often pronounced) dot.dot.dot.
It can be used as a literary technique to create suspense by pausing or by paraphrasing a sentence or a paragraph.
The proper way to insert an ellipsis in a document is type three periods (full stops) with a single space in between: