Chapter 11 Pepper I enter the stairwell and run up the stairs toward my suite. Probably not my brightest move, but I didn’t want to stand there and wait for an elevator. My body wants to run. To flee. I need to get away from the violence I just witnessed. And the consequences. Tony just killed a man. Tony just killed a man. Holy s**t, Tony just killed a man. Right here. In the casino. Granted, it was self-defense. But why was someone trying to kill Tony? And omigod, did he have to kill him? Yeah, he probably did. The man had a g*n. He tried to use it. Hell, he tried to use it on me. I could’ve died just now. Because of my association with Tony. I don’t really blame Tony. But this underlines the point I’ve been trying to forget from the beginning—Tony is a dangerous man. This is th

