‘Are you okay?’ Jay said. ‘With you being a murderer?’ ‘Hey, it was all in defence!’ ‘Settle down. I’m just kidding. I knew you were a killer when I first saw you.’ He was taken aback. ‘And you were okay with that?’ She rolled her eyes. ‘I’ve known more than one killer in my life, Jay. Jerrens is a killer. My father killed once. In defence. To go your whole life making friends only with the innocent . . . leaves one alone. Such is the measure of this world.’ ‘And you? Have you killed anyone?’ Alexia tapped the side of her coat, which cloaked the gun on her thigh. ‘Not yet.’
