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Before Ridley could find her father, she had to go to Aura Tower. She knew which building Lawrence would be in tonight, but she didn’t know exactly where inside Brex Tower he would be. For that, she needed Archer. She managed to get into the Davenports’ private elevator while invisible, then took the longest damn elevator ride of her life all the way to the top. By the time she reached the penthouse, she was almost in tears from sheer frustration.
I’m running out of time! her internal voice screamed inside her head. She knocked repeatedly on the double front doors, then almost cried with relief when it was Archer who opened up. She’d had no explanation ready if it turned out to be someone else.
“Ridley, what are you—”
“He took my father,” she said, the words escaping her in a rush a
