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Dahlia grabbed Penny’s arm, leaning closer and glancing around to make sure no one else was listening. “Are you saying Trey and Rogue work for the Underground?” Dahlia whispered.
Penny raised her brows. “Trey and Rogue are the Underground, along with Oz.”
Dahlia dropped her hand and stumbled back until she was against the wall.
“Trey owns the Bowery.”
Penny nodded. “Yeah, he does, along with Rogue. And Oz owns the X-Lounge. They probably own a shit more legal entities we don’t know about. They have to. It covers them from how they make their real money illegally. Stark?” Penny hooked her thumb over her shoulder. “You know what he does?”
Dahlia shook her head.
“He sells guns. Biggest distributor in the state. East used to run transport on that deal, but they pulled out about a year ago. Wanna take a guess who handles the transport now?”
There was no need to guess. She saw Stark and his men waiting on their meeting.
“Trey and Rogue?” Dahlia whispered.
“Yeah.”
Dahlia dragged her hand through her hair, tugging at the strands. How had she not put it all together? Wait, but how did Penny know? Dahlia jerked her head.
“How do you know all this?”
Penny smirked. “I have connections.”
Dahlia raised her brows. “To the Underground?”
Penny nodded. “That guy I’m seeing? He’s in.”
Dahlia snorted, shaking her head. “But here you are, all over my ass for being with Trey, and you’re doing basically the same damn thing.”
Penny walked over, stopped next to Dahlia, and rested her shoulder on the wall. “The difference is my man told me. Yours didn’t.”
No, he didn’t.
She really thought they’d gotten closer with him opening up, but it barely scratched the surface of the truth.
Penny sighed. “He drags you into his fucked-up world and doesn’t tell you a goddamn thing? And I always thought Trey was the only gentleman in the Underground.”
“How come you never mentioned his connection when I got the job here?”
“How was I supposed to know you were going to start banging your boss? I’ve known plenty of people who worked here, and they’ve all said the same thing. Trey and Rogue don’t talk or even interact with any of the staff. Ever. Like I said, the Bowery is a front for everything else.”
Oh shit! This was a mess. In more ways than one.
“Pen?”
“Yeah.”
Dahlia drew in a breath. “I love him.”
“Then it looks like you got a choice to make.”
Yes, I do. But first, she was owed a conversation and the truth.
Penny burst out laughing, which was so unexpected considering the heavy content of their conversation. She pushed off the wall, still chuckling and shaking her head. “Leave it to you to become the Princess of the Underground.”
It was a title she wasn’t sure she wanted.
