An awkward question....

Now that the awkward first impression was past, Beth and Kyle settled in to getting to know each other.
Kyle Jackson. Corporal, US Army, had been honorably discharged after a four year tour. He'd been deployed, first in Iraq, and then Syria. Now that he was done with his duty, it was time for him to fit back into civilian life. He wasn't eager to see his and Brian's parents, for reasons he didn't seem to want to get into, and Beth didn't press. That's why he was crashing here, and not in Newport Beach with them. He would start looking for a job, but he was really excited to be home in time for their wedding.
Beth recounted the story how Brian had proposed, and some little bits about the upcoming wedding.
Kyle snorted when Beth talked about the New Year's Eve proposal. "What a sap." It sounded fond.
Beth was coming to the strange realization that Kyle was very charming. He had a slightly "rough around the edges" demeanor that she supposed was typical of recently discharged soldiers, but his politeness was refreshing and his smile was roguish. He had much of the traits that she found attractive in Brian, with the additional benefits of youth, and the physical training of a soldier. She knew, from Brian, that Kyle had been a bad kid: ****, fighting, eventually a stolen car and a joyride before an arrest. Community service, instead of jail time, had led to enlistment. She got the sense from Brian that his parents had pushed him into the military as a way to "get rid of" the problem.
All was going swimmingly, the conversation fun and natural, until Kyle asked an innocent seeming question.
"So what do you do for work? I don't think Brian's ever told me."
Beth's heart was suddenly in her throat. She wasn't ashamed of what she did. But, for safety reasons, most strippers kept their personal and professional lives very separate. She danced under a stage name, as most girls did, and only a handful of close friends even knew where she danced. Did she want to reveal to Brian's little brother that she was a stripper? What would he think?