“This okay?” the man asked, breaking into Lex’s reverie.
“Uh, yeah, sure,” the cowboy responded.
They sat and ordered drinks from the same waitress who’d served him the previous night. Déjà vu…almost. Except this time he was with Rio and he was sober.
“You okay?” Rio asked after the waitress had left. “Ya look like somethin’s botherin’ you.”
“No, I’m fine,” Lex answered, trying to shake the disturbing recollections from his mind and concentrate on the handsome man sitting opposite him.
“It’s about your boyfriend, ain’t it?” Rio said.
“My…my boyfriend?” Lex stammered.
“Yeah, that Trent fella.”
“Trent’s not my boyfriend!” Lex insisted much more forcefully than he’d intended.
Rio smiled, raised an eyebrow and c****d his head.
“No, really,” Lex continued, feeling more than a little f
