Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing
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Hello...
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"So," Dave began, taking a seat at the bar, "How long do you think it will be before someone else figures it out?"
He doesn't bother to hide his smile as both Lexi and Duke freeze, turn and try to fix the 'What do you mean?' looks on their faces.
Except that Duke's is more 'Where can I hide the body?", and Lexi's is 'How the hell did you know' mixed with 'Oh No!'.
"I'm not going to tell anyone."
"Tell anyone what, Dave?" Duke; sounding more like his father than ever before, pours some of his best whiskey into a glass and puts it in front of the other man.
The Gull's otherwise empty. It's not yet closing, but some unexpected bad weather has kept the customers to a minimum. There's no-one left to hear this particular conversation.
"It's like watching identical twins swap places for the day. No matter how alike they are, there's always something..." Dave swirled the whiskey around in the glass, "Sarah, Lucy and Audrey, they all needed a few goes to get the hang of it. But Lexi, she just jumped right in."
It's a bit like watching the air leaving a balloon. They both reach for a solid surface and sort of collapse in on themselves.
When she looks up, it's not Lexi/Audrey, just Audrey.
"We missed you," He tells her, reaching across the bar to pat her hand, "We always do."
Her "I missed you to." is almost over come by Duke's "You can't tell Vince."
"I know."
"No, really," Duke insists, "If he found out that Lexi knows she's Audrey, he'd put a gun in her hand and make her pull the trigger himself. On all of us."
"I know that too," Dave glared at Duke, before turning a sad smile on Audrey, "I just wanted to say hello."
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