Treacherous Secrets novel Chapter 14

Kim looked at Ashley. "There are a few different drugs going around that could cause someone to go off like this." She turned to Emily. "You need to find a place you can go for awhile until he's come off of whatever he's on."

"Absolutely," Ashley said in a very lawyer like tone. "You need to press charges, but if you're not going to do that, you need to at least be somewhere that he can't get to you." She looked at Sonja. "And I would suggest you all find a different place to stay for a little while too, until this can be resolved."

Sonja said, "First thing, we need to get you to a hospital so we can make sure the damage is not more than what is on the surface."

Emily's head was hurting so badly that she couldn't take a chance on not agreeing. If nothing else, she would hopefully get some good medication for the pain. "Okay."

Looking across the table at Ashley, Kim said. "I'm so glad Emily's parents convinced her to go home with them. I was terrified that she was going to go back to her house."

"Me too," Ashley agreed and motioned for the waitress to come to their table. When the waitress approached, Ashley said, "Bring us another round."

Kim looked around the bar. It wasn't as big as some of the other clubs in town, but it had a dance floor and enough seating to accommodate a good-sized crowd. Ashley and she usually only came here to see the drag show, but tonight they both needed to have a few drinks and wind down after spending most of the day at the hospital with Emily.

"You know, I'd seen Kenton a few times in Knoxville, but I didn't realize he was the same Kenton who had married Emily until we moved over here," Ashley said. "Damon told me he was his cousin's husband, but I didn't make the connection."

"I can't believe Damon and he are friends," Kim said. "Damon seems like such a nice guy, and I thought he was gay."

The waitress brought their beers. Ashley paid her and then took a drink from her bottle. "I thought he was, too. I still think he's bi. And, what's weirder than that, I think he and Kenton are lovers."

"What?" Kim almost spit out her beer.

Ashley nodded. "I've seen looks that have passed between them and occasionally I've walked in on a fight that I thought was a jealous lover's quarrel."

"Really?" Kim shook her head. "That is weird."

"They do a lot together, or did. Damon hasn't been hanging out with Kenton as much as he used to. In fact, one of the fights I'd walked in on was about Damon going to Atlanta without Kenton or his wife, Carol," Ashley said.

"Yeah, I hope so. I'm going to run to the restroom." Ashley got up. "Don't let anyone take my seat," she said with a wink and squeezed Kim's shoulder as she passed her.

Kim took another drink of her beer and scanned the room to see if she saw any of their new friends there. She didn't, but what she did see took her completely by surprise. She saw a man who looked exactly like Damon Butler. Ashley had just said she thought he was bisexual and here he was in a gay bar. She took another drink and watched for him to appear again. Maybe he'd come over and say hi, but she doubted it. He probably didn't want anyone to know he was here.

When she saw him again he was headed to the back of the bar talking animatedly on the phone. Kim hated to get up because she knew they might lose their table, but she wanted to see if he was hooking up with someone. She looked toward the bathrooms. Ashley wasn't in the line outside so she must be inside, which meant she'd be back in a few minutes. Hopefully, Ashley would get back before someone claimed their table, but she was going to follow Damon. She had done a few investigative journalism photo shoots with some journalist friends and Damon being here had all the makings of an interesting story. At the very least, she would find out if they had guessed right about him.

She went toward the back of the bar. Damon was standing by the back door yelling at someone on the phone. She wanted to get close enough to hear what he was saying without him seeing her. She followed a couple heading toward the dark part of the bar, keeping just behind them. Damon had his back turned to her. She finally got close enough to hear his conversation.

"You are a piece of shit! I can't believe you were fucking me and my wife! No wonder she was constantly accusing me of having an affair, she was having her own affair."

Whoever was on the other end was shouting in the phone. She could hear that it was a man but she couldn't make out what he was saying.