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have told a thousand stories as my gaze latched onto Choo. His high-pitched voice and saucer-wide eyes attempted to show surprise. Did he think I was buying his act? Jackson pressed his fist to his mouth to stifle a laugh.
    “What?” Choo turned toward Jackson. “Why are you laughing at me?”
    “I love you, Babe.” Jackson tilted his chin toward his chest. “Honest, I do, but Dillon is the actor in the family.”
    Choo narrowed his eyes, but a smile broadened over his face. “Obvious?”
    Jackson nodded. “Completely.”
    Choo turned back to me with a sheepish smile. “Okay, yes, I did think of this match before and I may have mentioned your foundation to Sophia, whose star is on the rise. But she would be a great spokesperson for Pawtown and Pawtown would be a great cause for her.”
    “A high-maintenance model-actress with issues, who is about to take a meteor-like fall through the atmosphere? This is what you’re trying to sell me?” The cool glass of my beer bottle pressed against my lips and the bite of beer passed through my mouth.  “You know there are reasons I ditched L.A., and one of them was high-maintenance vapid women.”
    “She’s really nice … and she’s a Legend.”
    I couldn’t prevent my incredulity from showing and I looked at Jackson. “Notice he didn’t say anything about her not being vapid.”
    “My man may know how to flip the truth but he absolutely does not lie. Sophia is”—Jackson paused as he searched for the right words—“enamored with her fame right now.”
    “Riiight.” I drew out the word. My chest tightened. Anyone who’d ever been followed, recognized, or graced the cover of a tabloid remembered the addictive sensation of being recognized. Fame, like any addiction, quickly turned. You began to crave the attention and the spotlight. You started feeling needy and worthless and jealous of any other a-hole that graced the cover of a tabloid magazine. The aftereffects of fame could make you feel like shit. “The higher you fly the farther you fall.”
    Jackson nodded. “You got to have pretty strong roots to keep yourself tied to the ground when fame hits you full force.”
    “Amen.” Fame had almost stolen my life. My fame and my bad behavior had caused a whole lot of hell for me and my family. Money, fame, and luxury can’t save you, but they could sure destroy your life. Or, in my case, lives .
    “Plus we all know how low maintenance the Legend family is.”
    “Sterling and Amanda aren’t so bad.”
    “You forget, I did a year of TV with Steve Legend when I was fourteen. I remember what Steve’s like. He was the guy who introduced me to bourbon. Not to mention the blow he always had stashed in his dressing room.” I tilted my beer bottle.  “There were always a lot of gorgeous women in and out of his trailer … and I thought they were running lines.”
    “Sophia would be a perfect match for Pawtown and Pawtown could be just exactly what she needs.”
    I took a long pull on my beer. Not exactly what I wanted, but I didn’t need to burst Choo’s carefully blown bubble tonight. We had an entire weekend to get through, and this discussion could wait.

 
Chapter 4
     
    Sophia
     
    “Sophia, would you get off the damn Instagram?”
    “What? How can I not take pictures of my rock-star brother in love?” I snapped another pic of him and posted it to all my social media accounts. “I do have to tell you, though, all this lovey-dovey stuff is going to ruin that bad-boy rocker image you’ve cultivated your entire life.”
    “Fuck the image,” Rhett said. “I’m happy the way I am.”
    “Okay, that is just a little bit too much for me to fathom. You ? Happy ? The apocalypse must be near.”
    “Very funny. Now, will you put the phone away and go sit your ass down? We need to get started.”
    “Right. You’re happy Rhett with the rest of the world, and cranky Rhett with me.” I put my phone in my purse, pulled out my compact, checked my lipstick