Unknown to Laz, he had made an enemy of Tommy. Although Tommy's relationship with Kennedy could only be called professional with a bit of interest on the side, the only feeling from Kennedy were ones of hate and disgust. She despised guys like Tommy who could buy what they wanted without working for it.
Even if she was using him and had to keep her end of the deal which was to appear like a good girl friend in public, she didn't hate herself in the least for it. You did what you had to do. That has always been the rule of the world. Those white knights on their moral high horses only ever looked down on the common man and preached their shit. They never had to live it. They never lived in run down houses with rusted pipes and barely and heat. They never had to survive on one cheap meal a day for days on end while waiting for the next pay check. They simply held out a hand and the world was set in it for them.
