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He nods and frowns slightly, but then shty way and winks down at atha"

"I love you too But Jax is gonna die"

"Christ on a cracker, Jax, you’re trying to fucking killhalf a water bottle I raise my brows at Jax and plant lares at et it"

"Oh, I’ll get it alright," she agrees "But it doesn’t change the fact that you’re a sadistic asshole"

"I’ve missed you," I say and wrap my arms around Starla’s shoulders "I love that you can tell Jax he’s an asshole"

"You tell me I’m an asshole all the time," he reminds me

"I’ve uys too This routine is stellar Seriously perfect for the song Thank you for doing this"

"It’s all him" I point to Jax and wink at hieous puppet," she says "I want you guys to coht for dinner and to chat It’s been too long"

"I’m up for that," I reply "Thank you!"

Jax nods and then turns at the sound of his na Jax’s part in the routine just caet back to it," Starla says

"God, I’m exhausted," Starla says and exhales deeply We’re settled in her faes, stuffed with fresh fish and salad

"You worked hard today, baby," her fiancé, Rick, reat He’s not in the s, and they o He’s tall and thin and all tattooed up, even on his neck

He looks like he could be a rocker

"How do you know? You weren’t there"

"You alork hard"

"You guys are too cute," I say and s?"

"I hired a girl," Starla replies and rolls her blue eyes Starla is stunning, with chin-length platinuht red lips She’s in fantastic shape She always danced just as hard as the rest of us Starla isn’t just a singer, she’s one of the top entertainers in the world, and she works her ass off "I like her ideas and she’s great about checking in with uys are co at us

"We wouldn’twith the shows?" I ask and pick a hangnail on ood dancer, but he’s no Jax"

"He’s a drama queen," Rick says with a roll of the eyes

"Yeah, he is that," Starla agrees "But he’s hot and the audience loves hi as he doesn’t piss me off too bad, I’ll keep hi back, that is"