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I go to answer Kaisin, but he’s watching his sister-in-law, too, envy written all over him.
“She’s good,” I say.
He nods distractedly, agreeing, “Yeah, she is,” before coming to, and glancing at me. “Good how?”
They fucked. If not in real life, then in Kaisin’s head.
I gesture to Lex. “You were worried about her, right? Lenox? She seems good to me.”
“Oh, yeah. Good.” He runs a hand through his already disheveled hair, repeating, “Good.” Dropping his hand, he says, “It’s just… She didn’t seem…like out of it, did she?”
“Because of the robbery you mentioned?”
“Yeah. That would be hard for anybody, but especially her.”
“Why especially her?” I ask with genuine curiosity.
“This isn’t exactly her element.”
He’s so fucking clueless he might actually be onto something.
“What’s her element?”
Lex sure as hell makes this life look like her element. I don’t know if she actually did go to college or if she learned along the way, but she makes a convincing portfolio manager to me. Thanks to my knowledge of Fox Hollow, I got hired on as a regional marketing and research coordinator, but the position isn’t needed. Not with Lex involved. SheknowsFox Hollow, probably better than I even do.
She should anyway.
“Well…” Kaisin puffs out a breath that turns into a chuckle. “Let’s just say, if it weren’t for us, she’d still be on the streets.”
One word catches my interest.
“Us? I thought you said she’s married to your—”
“My brother. Yeah, Kordin married her, but between you and me…” Leaning in, he lowers his voice. “I found her first. She’s supposed to be mine.”
“Shewas?” Kaisin could’ve just as easily meant sheissupposed to be his.
And the way he wobbles his head noncommittally, I think he did.
“So, what happened?”
It’s pretty fucking out of line to be discussing such personal shit, especially on my first day here, but Kaisin either doesn’t know that or doesn’t care because he just keeps going, telling me about the first time he ever laid eyes on Lex. Although he’s careful about not saying where he saw her, it’s not hard to guess it was at The Playground.
“Was it mutual?”
“What do you mean?”
“Did she like you, too?”
His face turns serious, losing himself to a memory, then he scoffs, saying, “I think so.”
And I think they never actually met. Strippers are supposed to make every person in the room feel special, feel wanted. Stripping’s not just about which body parts a dancer can show, it’s about which emotions they can provoke from their audience while doing so.
“I got an older brother, too,” I lie. “We’ve fought over plenty of girls through the years. I don’t know what I’d do if he actually married one though.” I let that linger before putting the blame back on him. “Why’d you tell him?” Since Kaisin doesn’t appear to have a filter, I’m assuming that’s how Kordin found out about Lex.
“I don’t know, man. I’m still kicking myself for it.”
Yeah, he is.
