Chapter 241 Lexi

• Rain hammered the Vegas strip like a vengeful god, turning the alley behind the Mirage Palace into a slick, shadowed trench.
• Lexi huddled under the awning of a dumpster, her sequined jacket soaked through, clinging to her curves like a desperate lover.
• The show's afterglow had faded hours ago, but sleep evaded her—Ray's confession from rehearsal gnawed like an open wound. Debts. Pimping her out. She believed Elena's ghost tangled in it all. She spotted his silhouette staggering from the back door, cigarette glowing in the downpour.