Page 79 of Truths

The Treasurer for Summerville really does look like he should be on television partaking in professional wrestling. Lex had that one right when Everlee pointed out how Lex saw him as a younger Shawn Michaels. Especially since mullets came back in style for a short while.

“What's up?” Snake asks.

“You good? You look a little off.”

There are only a few people in the club he trusts enough to tell how he really feels about the Drifters, and Kip is not one of them. “I'm okay.”

“Is it because Marnie and Venom seem to be getting pretty close?”

He snaps and locks eyes with the man. “What did you just say?”

“Uh... I said nothing.”

Snake grabs Kip's arm as he tries to walk away, and he forces him to look in his eyes. “What are you talking about?”

“I figured you'd have known if they were friends or... more. Marnie climbed on the back of Venom's bike on Broadway. Could just be a fluke or something.”

“No, she said she was going to get a ride with Lex. There has to be a mistake.”

Nodding, Kip pulls his arm away. “Sure. I probably saw wrong.”

Lex walks into the clubhouse alone, and he thinks back to what he's noticed recently. Marnie was with Venom outside the clubhouse one night, but they didn't seem like they were friendly. In fact, she accused him of sleeping with another woman along the building. But he'd heard Venom was atMarnie's best friend's wedding, and the two had even danced together.

“The kids are with Karmen and your mom at one of the safe houses. They're good, sweetheart,” her father-in-law says.

“Thanks, TK,” Lex says. “I need some air. If Colt's looking for me... well, let's be real. We all know where I'll be.”

TK smirks as she walks out the back exit. Lex and Venom seem to be getting pretty cozy, so if anyone knows anything about Marnie and him, it'll be her. He follows her outside.

“Hey, Lex,” Snake calls as the door shuts behind him.

Just reaching the swings, she turns around and looks at him. “Hey, Snake. What's up?”

“Where's Marnie?”

Her nose crinkles. “I don't know.”

“She said she was getting a ride from you.”

Her eyes narrow, and she shakes her head. “Not that I'm aware of.”

“You have any idea why I was told she was on the back of Venom's bike?”

Chuckling, she shrugs. “Maybe because she got a ride with him? I don't really know.”

“You've gotten pretty chummy with Venom lately. Tell me... is he fucking my daughter?”

“That's not something I generally talk to people about. Unless they're people I'm close with. Your wife gives a lot of detail about your sex life, but that wasn't something I asked about.”

He steps closer to her, but to her credit, she doesn't back down. He saw her stand up to Chance and Dax, but knowing her family, she doesn’t understand the protective father side of him. “I know you know something.”

“What I do or don't know doesn't matter. What or who she does is her business, don't you think? She's twenty-five, not fifteen.”

“If I find out he's been with Marnie... he's fucking done.”

“And how the hell are you going to do that?”

Just like with Chance and Dax, Lex glares at him, challenging him. For a woman who grew up in the club, she clearly doesn't have respect for the men wearing the leather.

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