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“What?”

“I know, Rex Believe me I wanted to scold Lucy the second she told me, but you have no idea how hurt she is She’s devastated He’s been threatening to put the pictures on the internet for a long time”

“And she’s what? Been paying him for his silence?”

“In soaway

“What are you trying to say? Is he ?”

Luke slowly nodded “Sometimes he shows up for cash Other times he shows up for sex Still other days, he just takes her out to the clubs, some of the hot spots in Dallas, certain to pick major events those in the lifestyle frequent”

Rex slaainst the desk “That bastard has a lot of nerve showing up here”

“Lucy says he wouldn’t know about us She said she never confided in hiular basis, and they never talked about past lovers”

“How in the hell did she end up with someone like this creep?”

“He helped her out of a financial pinch when her grandfather was sick Evidently, sheerrors and discovered her bank account was overdrawn and didn’t want to go to her grandfather”

“She could’ve come to us”

“You know Lucy better than that She had too much pride to call us up and ask foron a small fortune You and I both kno that would’ve played out You would’ve questioned her She would’ve felt like you were butting in her business, and she—”

“Wouldn’t have gone to bed with a fucking loser!” A beat later, he added, “What the hell was she thinking?”

Lucy store me, Rex McDavid” Her voice was low, steady “I’ve watched you parade one cheap traates I’ve heard the cries of pleasure from not just one or tomen, but a multitude of woh these doors while you’ve patted me on the head and promised me that one day my place would be in your bed Well, that day ca I couldn’t have and dangled your bad habits in front of me like a carrot”

“And because we didn’t give it to you when and how you wanted, you what? Went out and found so sht indeed”