Chapter 54
Peyton
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I KNEW ONCE he found out I didn’t have it, or the Percocet, I was dead. And as for Ruby, he would probably shoot her the moment we stepped into the house. The guy was heartless. Our best shot of getting out of this alive, was not going inside.
I climbed up the steps and stopped abruptly. “s**t. I don’t have my key.”
“There’s always the backyard.” Sighing in irritation, Blade grabbed my arm and pulled me backward, making me stumble.
“Ouch. My ankle,” I lied, sucking in my breath. I reached down and rubbed the bottom of my leg, pretending that I’d hurt it badly. “Dammit.”
“Quit being a f*****g baby,” he said and glared at me. “At least you weren’t stabbed by some b***h, like I was.”
Ignoring the comment, I looked up at him. “I don’t think I can walk on it.”
