Chapter 56
Peyton
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STILL STUNNED THAT I hadn’t been shot, I left the two men and raced around the house to find Ruby. I saw her standing by Dom’s Hog, looking frightened. I hurried over to the child and took her in my arms.
“Where’s my daddy?” she asked, crying.
It warmed my heart that she was already referring to him like that.
“He’ll be fine,” I said, closing my eyes as I hugged her against me.
“What in the hell is going on out there?”
I turned around and found Neighbor Rick walking toward us with his shotgun again.
“A man tried killing us,” said Ruby, before I could say anything.
“Good thing I called the police,” he replied. “They should be here any minute. Where is this guy?”
“On the other side of the house,” I said, nodding across my yard. We could only see the back
