Chapter Nine
TJ and Dale pivoted and stared at Tony. He’d told them about Lexi in the past but not the reason they had broken up. One, it involved the secrecy of his job, and the other was that talking about Lexi was a painful subject. There wasn’t a day that he didn’t regret breaking up with her, as much as he knew it had been the right thing. He could still see her face the day he left her. The tears in her eyes, the pleading with him to reconsider. He’d hardened his heart to it all and walked away without a backward glance.
“Lexi? As in your high school sweetheart?” Dale asked with an incredulous look.
Lexi cleared her throat. “It’s Alexia. I don’t go by Lexi anymore. But you may call me Dr. Monroe.”
“Dr. Monroe, what can you tell us about Sabrina?” TJ didn’t seem to care the tensio
