Archer finally met Ridley’s eyes. “So you went all that time without telling your father about me,” she said, “but then you were going to give him a flash drive that had my name on it.”
Archer shook his head. “I removed your name. And Serena’s, and one other. I removed the names I recognized.”
Ridley felt a jolt of surprise, then reminded herself once again that most of what came out of Archer Davenport’s mouth was a lie, so he might very well be lying about this too. “Great, so a few of us would have been safe, but you were happy for the others to die.”
“Not happy, no. But yes, I was going to give up those other names. Because I was—I am—a terrible person. I didn’t think I had a choice. But then …” Archer’s eyes slid down once more, seeming to look through Ridley. “I was standing insid
