Chapter 52
Peyton
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“PLEASE, JUST LET her go,” I begged. Ruby’s cries in the backseat were breaking my heart. She was frightened beyond belief. I’d promised to protect her. We hadn’t even made it out of the parking lot and I’d already failed. Now Blade was driving Dom’s truck and we were at his mercy.
“Shut up, b***h. You cost me ten-grand. I don’t want to hear anything coming out of your mouth.”
“Ten-grand?” I repeated. “So, this is about money?”
“It was until you f****d everything for me. Now I’m going to kill the both of you and dump your bodies into the Mississippi,” he replied, smiling coldly.
Ruby cried harder.
I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was enjoying this. The man got off on terror.
“If it’s money you want... I can get you some,” I said in desperatio
