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I screeched, and along with the pain, some instruction Tex gave us yonks ago hit my brain, so I yanked up a knee, hitting Kev square between the legs.
He let out an agonized “Oof!”
Byron and about five male bystanders did the same in sympathy.
Kevin rolled to his back, but he did this with his knees curled up over both his hands cupping his junk, and I took this opportunity to pull myself to my feet and make sure to smooth my skirt down.
He was in this position for one point seven five seconds before Tex got hold of the back of his collar and hauled him to his feet.
Kevin didn’t seem to mind this. Even still recuperating from my blow, his gaze sought Willow, who was standing behind a wall made of Raye, Luna, Jess and Shanti.
“Babe,” he pushed out, “we gotta get outta here.”
“She’s not your babe,” Shanti snapped.
“Tex, take him to the interrogation room,” Raye bossed.
The interrogation room?
Tex had the same question, seeing as his head cocked to the side.
“The staff room,” Raye explained.
Tex grinned a scary grin and frog-marched Kevin to the staff room.
All the Angels followed.
“I’ll man the bar,” Byron called.
Aw, that would be a huge help!
Really, Byron was a mass of surprises.
Jessie tossed him a salute and we kept motoring.
We hit the staff room, Tex threw Kevin on the bench in front of the lockers and ordered, “Sit. Stay.”
Kevin pulled a face at Tex (though he sat and stayed), then he looked for Willow and again found her behind a wall of Angels.
“Seriously, baby,” he said. “We don’t have time for whatever this shit is. We gotta go.”
“First, she broke up with you. So whatever shit you’re into, she’s not a part of it,” Raye stated.
“Yeah,” Luna backed her up.
“Second, outside of that dating app scam you have going, you’re going to tell us right now why your bestie got dead, and our bestie got her apartment tossed,” Raye went on.
“Totally,” Jessie backed her up.
But Kevin turned accusing eyes to me, like I’d ratted him out on that dating app scheme.
“You’re so clueless, you don’t realize we’ve been following you for weeks and have witnessed you pull that shit repeatedly,” Shanti told him.
Kevin’s face got white as a sheet. “You’ve been following me?”
Raye leaned forward and snapped in his face.
“Let’s stay on target here,” she commanded.