“Yeah. He said if I help him hold some supply, I get my own. For free.”
“Jesus Christ,” Levi said. “Do you have any idea…”
“Prez,” Reese said. He kept his focus on Starla. “What else?”
“That’s it,” she said. “He said he would let me know when it was time to get his stuff. He warned me that if anything happened, he’d cut me into pieces. Then he’d drive my pieces up and down the coast, leaving me in random places.”
“Shit,” Hawk said. “That sounds like-”
“We got it,” Reese said.
He looked over his shoulder and widened his eyes. There was a chance that Starla was lying. Right now, they needed to play their hand low and calm, in case she did anything else stupid.
“What now?” Starla asked.
Reese backed away. “We’re keeping the supply. If your person contacts you, you contact me. We’ll handle it from there.”
“Are you going to kill me?”
“Not today,” Levi said. “If you ever do anything like this again, we won’t hesitate. You’re now in the middle. You’re now our pawn. So be ready to do what we say, when we say.”
“You’ll protect me though, right?” she asked.
“We’ll do what we can.”
“I’ll start the protection,” Hawk said. He tucked his gun away. “She owes me a dance anyway. And then some.”
“Have at it,” Levi said.
Starla stood up and let the robe open. Hawk was right there.
“Wait a second,” another voice said.
Reese turned his head and saw Josie approaching.
“What are you doing, sweetheart?” Reese asked.
“Starla okay?” Josie asked.
“She’s here,” Reese said.
“I need to talk to her for a second,” Josie said.
Starla put a hand to Hawk’s chest. “I’ll be with you in a second.”
The second Starla got near Josie, something wild happened. Josie swung her hand and hit Starla so hard in the face, she went stumbling into another vanity, knocking things over.
“Holy shit,” Brett said.
“Give her a patch, Prez,” Jason said.
Josie went after Starla again. This time it wasn’t an open handed slap, but a closed fist punch. Starla covered her face and started to scream for help.
Reese gave it a few seconds before he wrapped his arms around Josie’s body and pulled her away.
“Aw, come on, VP,” Hawk called out. “It was just getting good.”
Josie kept swinging as Starla leaned against the vanity, shaking.