Chapter Fifty-Four
Kelley chuckled at Mason's question. He didn't tell Lee or Mason a whole lot of what he was busy with but he'd tell Mason before he told Lee. Kelley shook his head. “Are you insane? Lee would probably kick my ass if he knew about this. It’s better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission, Mason."
"Then why are you doing what you're doing?" Mason's frown showed his confusion.
"Most of Yorkdare’s Elite are clients of JenCorp, which gives me access to their data, which if I took it when I have a seat on the board would be a crime, but with the shift in management there’ll be a breach that will land on the current CEO and Blaire can duplicate all the data without anyone ever knowing it was copied.”
“So you’re buying into a company just for a chance at copying data?”
Kelley grinned. “They’re also a rising star in the tech world and if handled correctly they can be a billion-dollar conglomerate.”
“Are we investing in them?” Mason was intrigued now, he liked investments and banking and was good at maths.
“Initially yes and then we’ll pull out at the right time and they’ll go bankrupt when the news breaks about their privacy breach.”
“Shit, Kelley, you’ve got this all planned out.” Mason shook his head, realizing that Kelley had done it again, confirming his earlier thoughts.
“The plan will only work if certain other people also invest and then lose their money.”
Mason felt a chill go up his spine as he looked at the hard edges of Kelley’s face. “You’re a mean motherfucker, Kelley Alexander, but I like it.”
“The guilty will pay, Mason.” A chill crept up Mason's spine. It was the one thing Kelley was steadfast on, revenge.
Kelley had parked the car and Mason hadn’t even realized that they were sitting in the dark parking lot. He looked at Kelley and felt that bond strengthen even more. It was tricky when it came to Lee, his moral code was strong, especially after the life he’d had.
Lee. Now there was another mystery waiting to be unraveled. His moods changed by the minute but his expression never betrayed anything. The boy had turned into a man the day they brought Marella home. He was meticulous, hard-driven and unforgiving of himself.
Mason wondered when Lee’s head would explode with everything he was holding in and he’d go feral on someone. Kelley knew it too and they were both waiting, watching him for the signs so they could step in and keep his head above water.
“Did you know I had a twin brother?”
Kelley turned to face Mason. “No, you never mentioned that.”
“He died when we were two.”
“I’m sorry, Mase, why didn’t you ever say anything?”
“Carey doesn’t like to talk about Nathan, he was older than me by three minutes.” Mason’s eyes saddened and Kelley felt the urge to hug him.
“We might not be blood, Mase, but we’re brothers.”
“I know, Kelley, that’s why I’m telling you now. We had a babysitter back then when my mom worked shifts and Nathan had climbed out of our crib. The front door was open and across the street from us was a park. We lived in Forest Grove back then, a nice upper-middle-class house. I was on the sidewalk when the babysitter realized Nathan was in the street. She screamed and ran but it was too late, the car had already hit him and sped away.”
The blood in Kelley’s veins froze and he could feel the iciness in his soul as he listened to Mason’s words. Mason wiped his eyes and then sniffed as he tried to regain his earlier composure. Kelley’s hand gripped the steering wheel tightly.
“I’m so sorry, Mason.”
“They never caught who did it and Carey never forgave herself.”
Mason’s pain felt like his own and when he put Carey into that equation, the emotions just got stronger. Kelley saw her as a mother figure, someone who had taken him in when he was barely coping with his own life.
Mason turned towards him and smiled before he opened his door and got out of the Escalade. Kelley followed and when Mason rounded the hood of the car he grabbed Mason in a tight hug, slapping his back.
“I’ll buy the first round with that grand you owe me.” Kelley laughed despite his tumbling emotions as Mason slung his arm over his shoulders and they walked into the first bar.
They settled at the bar and Mason looked around. “I’ll be your wingman tonight.”
“I don’t need a wingman, Kelley … you might.”
“Lee said you were complaining about your sex life to your mother. That’s just sad, Mase, I mean, your mother?”
Mason laughed and Kelley shot him a grin as four shots appeared in front of them. “From the girls over there.” The bartender, Moe, motioned to a group of six girls sitting at the other end of the bar.
Kelley raised the first shot glass, gave them a killer smile and downed it. “Keep up, Mase, I’ll show you how it’s done. They like the pretty boys but they prefer men who can give them what they want.”
Mason looked at Kelley with new eyes. The somewhat quiet, reserved Kelley Alexander had finally crawled out of his shell. He flirted, danced and bought drinks for the group of girls and soon they all shared a booth at the bar, laughing as Kelley entertained them all.
“He’s the pretty one and I’m the smart one.” The girls all turned to look at Mason as Kelley talked. Mason shook his head as the girls eyed him.
“He is pretty.”
“So pretty.”
“Is he that pretty naked?”
The girls were drunk and Mason laughed as Kelley went on to describe him in detail even though he was sitting right there. A hand landed on his thigh, another hand on his back and then a third hand on his other thigh, creeping higher towards his groin.
Kelley winked at him as he leaned closer to the girls conspiratorially. “Now, who wants to break him in first?”
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