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“Where is she?” I said with an edge to my tone.

“I don’t know,” she told me with a scared shake of her head. “Ciara and Royse said they haven’t seen her all day. I was about to go up and knock on her door.”

“I’ll do it,” I told her sharply. “Let Garen know what is happening. You go down and distract Mr. Ice. If I can’t find her, I will explain it to him myself.”

She nodded and I knew I didn’t need to tell her how to handle it from there.

My feet clicked back to the elevator and I rode it up.

I knocked on Midori’s apartment door not all that softly.

When I received no reply, I knocked again.

Not waiting any longer, I used my code to open her door.

A quick search told me that she wasn’t here.

Her purse and keys were gone from beside the door but nothing else looked out of place. Her clothes were still in the closet. Her toiletries were all lined up in the bathroom. Even her makeup was sitting out like she’d taken the time to put it on for the day.

Perhaps she went out to get lunch or coffee and was late returning.

However, something told me it wasn’t that.

I walked out of her apartment, my phone to my ear.

It rang and rang until it turned over to her voicemail.

I tried again only to receive the same outcome.

I stepped back into my office to see Garen standing there with a harder look than normal tightening his face.

“Rowan’s at the bar with Mr. Ice,” he told me right away not wasting any time. “I tried to call Midori, but it went to voicemail.”

“Same here. She’s not upstairs. When was the last time anyone saw her?”

“Last night,” he said with a sigh. “I walked her to the elevator and that was it. Everyone else had gone for the night. I’m not sure if anyone has seen her today.”

“Go find out,” I said sternly.

“Yes, ma’am.”

He left and I went around the desk and took a seat.

Starting with the first-floor cameras, I searched for any signs of her.

She was easy enough to find. Checking the time stamp, I saw that she’d left the building five hours ago.

I forwarded through the feed until it cut off, letting me know that it was now caught up to the present time. She hadn’t returned.

I once again went back to watch as she left.

Hitting a key on the keyboard, I paused the image of her stepping out of the elevator. There was a look on her face that wasn’t normal and if I wasn’t mistaken, fear in her eyes.

Garen walked through the door and I already knew that he didn’t find out anything.

“Find out where she’s been today. Find me where she is right now,” I told him as I got to my feet.

With a nod, he headed back out.