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though. I’ve met her. She’s nice. I wouldn’t do something like that, I swear.”
“Why did you even have it?”
“I don’t know,” she wails. Behind me Wrath sighs, long and loud to let me know how annoyed he is to be here. Just for that I’m gonna make him stay until closing.
“It was stupid. I must have hit record by accident, later when I realized what it was I just kept it, then I forgot about it.”
Unbelievable how something so stupid could cause so much trouble.
Suddenly, Lexi’s tears vanish and she points an accusatory finger in Z’s direction. “I told him!”
I turn and raise an eyebrow at Z. “Told him what?” I ask.
Z shrugs. “She told me her phone got stolen a couple days before Hope received the video.”
“Yeah, settin’ up her alibi,” Wrath grumbles.
Lexi shoots him a vicious glare. “I’ve always been nice to you. Why are you being such a dick?”
I hold up a hand, so Wrath keeps his mouth shut. “Simmer down. Tell me what happened.”
“After that new girl ,” she spits the word out like venom, “got here, Gabriella, shit started going missing. You know we’ve never had problems like that here, Rock. All the girls get along for the most part. Shit, we hardly ever use our lockers. We all trust each other. Then Gabriella shows up and iPods go missing, money, cell phones. We tried telling Z but—”
“I just figured they were upset about the new competition,” Z finishes.
Lexi’s always been a bit…hysterical and dramatic. But never a liar or troublemaker. If she’d come to me with her complaint, I would have taken it seriously. Although, given the awkward way Gabriella ended up working for us, I don’t know that the outcome would have been any different.
“Okay, Lexi. Say I believe your story. Why would Gabriella send the video to Hope? How does she even know who my ol’lady is?”
She chews on her lip and redirects her gaze to her feet. “Well…when she first got here, she kept asking about you. Where you were, why you didn’t work here anymore. Stuff like that. And, um, I might have told her it was because you were getting married. But I never told her your girl’s name. I don’t even know her last name and I certainly don’t have her number.”
Easy enough to figure out once you start asking questions. Especially if it was Vipers doing the asking.
“You get a new phone?”
“Yeah, and you guys really should reimburse me for it since it’s your fault my old one got stolen.”
Ignoring that, I ask. “Where is it?”
“In my locker.”
“Good. Keep it there and tell the rest of the girls the same thing. Anyone gets caught with their phone out of the dressing room, they’re fired.” I turn to make sure Z’s absorbing this information.
“Got it,” he says.
I give Lexi a critical eye. What she did was stupid, but I believe her story. The fact that Gabriella was so concerned about me from day one is unnerving. Fucking Vipers, always up to something.
“All right. Go on,” I stand and motion for Lexi to do the same.
“Are you still firing me?” she squeals.
“No.” Behind me Wrath curses and Lexi sticks her tongue out at him. “Hey!” I snap my fingers in front of her face to draw her attention away from Wrath. “Razor thin ice you’re standing on, Lexi. Behave. Act like a professional.”
She straightens up and marches to the door. “I’ll be professional. And I won’t be fucking anyone I work for ever again,” she snaps as she opens the door.
“Good plan,” I call out.
“What the fuck, Rock?” Wrath shouts as soon as the door shuts.
“You want to be involved here even less than I do, so why are you sticking your nose in this anyway?” I’m not yelling. But somewhere in the neighborhood of it.
“Uh, excuse me, but that’s the little bitch responsible for making Hope throw the fuck up the other day, or did you forget?”
I actually look around for a hidden camera or some shit, because I can’t believe what
“Why did you even have it?”
“I don’t know,” she wails. Behind me Wrath sighs, long and loud to let me know how annoyed he is to be here. Just for that I’m gonna make him stay until closing.
“It was stupid. I must have hit record by accident, later when I realized what it was I just kept it, then I forgot about it.”
Unbelievable how something so stupid could cause so much trouble.
Suddenly, Lexi’s tears vanish and she points an accusatory finger in Z’s direction. “I told him!”
I turn and raise an eyebrow at Z. “Told him what?” I ask.
Z shrugs. “She told me her phone got stolen a couple days before Hope received the video.”
“Yeah, settin’ up her alibi,” Wrath grumbles.
Lexi shoots him a vicious glare. “I’ve always been nice to you. Why are you being such a dick?”
I hold up a hand, so Wrath keeps his mouth shut. “Simmer down. Tell me what happened.”
“After that new girl ,” she spits the word out like venom, “got here, Gabriella, shit started going missing. You know we’ve never had problems like that here, Rock. All the girls get along for the most part. Shit, we hardly ever use our lockers. We all trust each other. Then Gabriella shows up and iPods go missing, money, cell phones. We tried telling Z but—”
“I just figured they were upset about the new competition,” Z finishes.
Lexi’s always been a bit…hysterical and dramatic. But never a liar or troublemaker. If she’d come to me with her complaint, I would have taken it seriously. Although, given the awkward way Gabriella ended up working for us, I don’t know that the outcome would have been any different.
“Okay, Lexi. Say I believe your story. Why would Gabriella send the video to Hope? How does she even know who my ol’lady is?”
She chews on her lip and redirects her gaze to her feet. “Well…when she first got here, she kept asking about you. Where you were, why you didn’t work here anymore. Stuff like that. And, um, I might have told her it was because you were getting married. But I never told her your girl’s name. I don’t even know her last name and I certainly don’t have her number.”
Easy enough to figure out once you start asking questions. Especially if it was Vipers doing the asking.
“You get a new phone?”
“Yeah, and you guys really should reimburse me for it since it’s your fault my old one got stolen.”
Ignoring that, I ask. “Where is it?”
“In my locker.”
“Good. Keep it there and tell the rest of the girls the same thing. Anyone gets caught with their phone out of the dressing room, they’re fired.” I turn to make sure Z’s absorbing this information.
“Got it,” he says.
I give Lexi a critical eye. What she did was stupid, but I believe her story. The fact that Gabriella was so concerned about me from day one is unnerving. Fucking Vipers, always up to something.
“All right. Go on,” I stand and motion for Lexi to do the same.
“Are you still firing me?” she squeals.
“No.” Behind me Wrath curses and Lexi sticks her tongue out at him. “Hey!” I snap my fingers in front of her face to draw her attention away from Wrath. “Razor thin ice you’re standing on, Lexi. Behave. Act like a professional.”
She straightens up and marches to the door. “I’ll be professional. And I won’t be fucking anyone I work for ever again,” she snaps as she opens the door.
“Good plan,” I call out.
“What the fuck, Rock?” Wrath shouts as soon as the door shuts.
“You want to be involved here even less than I do, so why are you sticking your nose in this anyway?” I’m not yelling. But somewhere in the neighborhood of it.
“Uh, excuse me, but that’s the little bitch responsible for making Hope throw the fuck up the other day, or did you forget?”
I actually look around for a hidden camera or some shit, because I can’t believe what
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