C31 Lowell

Jose blinked at us. “So you’re her stepbrother?” 
“That’s right. Well, I was her stepbrother. For a few years.”
“And eight years later, you were her escort? Do I have that right?” 
“That’s right. Lowell hired me after that incident with the police. For damage control,” Kyle said.
I gritted my teeth. It had been my idea to tell the truth, but it was still an ugly truth