"Lex, baby," Bash coaxes, walking over and pulling her into his tall, lean, perfectly sculpted body. "Calm down. Deep breaths." He eases back. "Breathe. There you go. Slow and easy."
When she appears to be calmer, he bends his knees until he's eye level with her. "You alright?"
She nods. "I'm okay," she says too quickly. "Really. I’m good. I'll be fine. I'm okay." She's babbling and a babbling Lex is a distraught Lex.
"Come sit," I urge.
She shakes her head. "I can't. I'm toofucking pissed off!"she shouts.
I look to Bash as he sits down next to me and drapes his arm over my shoulders. "If this is how she's got to be when she tells us, then we'll deal with our ears ringing later."
He sighs, amused. "If we must."
"Let's hear it," I bark to Alexa. Her eyes spark, her face flushes an even darker red, and she lets out another angry roar.
"Someone's going to think we're killing her in here," Bash whispers into my ear.
"Not if they know her," I whisper back.
"True enough."
"No more growling, roaring, or screaming. Words, Alexa Stone," I instruct.
"Oh, you want words. Okay, I've got words. Lots and lots of words. They're shitty words. Horrible words.Horrifyingwords. I just can't believe it. How could he do it? I mean after everything with you," she seethes and I tense up.
"Cameron?" I ask.
She nods. "Yep, my fuckwad brother. He wins the Dumbass of the Year award. He is such a fucking idiot! How he could…" she stops herself, eyes wide. "You need to be prepared. I know you two don't talk much anymore but this—this isso bad."
Yeah, we don't talk anymore but not because I don't want to, more like Cam doesn't have the time and doesn't want to make the effort.
I take a deep breath. "Oookay. Lay it on me." I mean, how bad can it be?
"Cam'sfuckingAlison," she says so fast I almost miss it.
I just had to ask.
I pause. Shaking my head. "Come again?"
Bash sits forward. "What?"he asks, eerily calm.
Lex nods her head. "You heard me right. He's banging the psycho. I have no idea what has gotten into my brother. He's lost his damn mind—his morals! Hisprinciples!" She starts pacing back and forth. "I have no idea what is going on. It's like I'm living in an alternate reality."
"I—wow. Just, wow," I mutter, too stunned, too hurt, and too betrayed to even form a coherent sentence.
"What the fuck?" Bash bites out. "Of all the people he could fuck, he had to pick her? Are you fucking with me?" Bash scrubs his hands over his face, stands up, and paces much like Lex is doing. "How could he do that to Livvy? The guy claims he loves her but he's banging the bitch who set up Liv's assault?" He growls. "I'm gonna break his face."
"I don't know, Bash," Alexa barks, still outraged. "I don't know who he is anymore. Heknowswhat she did."
"Who told you this?" I ask Alexa.
She balks. "I can't tell you that. Let's just say a reliable source. Someone I trust."
I nod slowly, letting it sink in—the fact that Cameron Stone has once again treated me like I'm worthless—like I'm something he'd scrape off the bottom of his shoe. I just sit in silence, not knowing what to say.
"Could they have misunderstood?" Bash asks.
Lex shakes her head. "No."
