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“We haven’t been paid yet. Plus, Zak called when he found out you’d be here. I wanted a chance to hang out with you,” Jett confessed.

“I won’t have much time this weekend. But I’ll be back in December, and I’ll look you up then,” I promised.

They had to get started, so I kicked back and listened to their first couple of songs. I got up and danced to their cover of the Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun. Jett always pointed to me when she sang about me being the one.

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I was walking back to the main party when Lexi Andon about ran me over. She was the daughter of Paul Andon, the studio executive who signed me for the next two Star Academy movies. When I first met her, she had been a raving bitch who’d started a fight at a party I’d been at. The second time I’d met her had been on the yacht where there’d been party hos. I’d just had an argument with Sage, where she accused me of only wanting to get into her panties. I’d grabbed Lexi, pulled her into a bedroom, and acted like I thought she was part of the ‘talent.’ Lexi made sure I knew she was Paul Andon’s daughter, but then she went along with it in a big way.

“You okay?” I asked.

“I didn’t see you,” she admitted and then realized it was me. “Oh, hi.”

“I see you got my text. Where’s your posse?” I asked.

At the last party, Lexi’d had a group of posers who bowed down to her every whim.

“I don’t hang out with them anymore,” she said, and then scrunched her nose. “Why did you send me the invite? I was sure you didn’t like me.”

“I debated whether to send you one or not, but decided that I wanted to see you,” I said.

“Why didn’t you call me after … you know?”

“Mostly because I was embarrassed. I’m not normally that aggressive. Afterward, I felt like I’d taken advantage of you. I’m sorry for all I did,” I said.

I’d taken her around the world, and I suspected she’d been a virgin.

“Well, I am a little mad at you,” she admitted. “After that performance, I haven’t been able to find anyone who measures up.”

I barked out a laugh, not expecting that. Lexi gave me a sheepish smile.

“David, I know you think I’m a bitch,” she began, and I just blinked. “Maria told me.”

When they were in high school, Maria and Lexi had been classmates and rivals. Maria wanted to be a porn star and had asked for my help with that. If Lexi had asked her about me, I was sure Maria let her know how I felt.

“You sort of were,” I said.

“I know I was. I’ve had some things happen since that opened my eyes. In fact, I wanted to come see you because I want to ask a favor.”

“What’s that?”

“I want to work on Star Academy as your personal assistant. My dad said that you have the final say on who all you hire.”

“Hang on. What do you mean by all?” I asked.

“Have you read your contract?” Lexi asked and then smiled. “See, you need me already.”

“Okay, I’ll bite. What does my contract say?” I asked.

“You have a budget to hire people to assist you. For example, you can hire me as your assistant. You could also get a personal chef, people to help you with your lines, or whatever. If you don’t spend the money, it just goes back into the general fund, and the director or producer uses it.”

Cool. This acting thing had perks I had no idea about. We talked until I received a text from Brook saying she needed me.

“Gotta go. My girlfriend is summoning me. Why don’t we get together when I’m back in December, and we’ll talk about this?” I suggested.

“Am I hired?” she asked.

“Sure,” I said, making a snap decision.

From the way her face lit up, I may have made her year. I would have to talk to Caryn about what I’d done. I wasn’t sure if I had the authority to just hire someone. And I imagined that Lexi would need a background check, at the very least. She took off before I could tell her all that.

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I came back to the bedroom to find three very sweaty naked girls. It apparently hadn’t taken Cindy much effort to convince Halle and Brook that naked fun with a girl was okay. Then a random thought entered my head that put a hold on the fun I wanted to have.

“We need to go back to the hotel to finish this,” I said.

“Why? I need you now,” Brook complained.

“Because Zak is videotaping everything in here,” I said.

“What makes you think that?” Halle asked, suddenly worried.

A sex tape with her in it would be worth its weight in gold. Of course, Zak might just want it for his personal collection.

“Both times I’ve been here, Zak has offered me this bedroom.”

“That doesn’t mean anything,” Cindy said.

“Maybe not, but do you want to risk it?” I asked.

That got the three of them moving. While the girls got dressed, I sent a text to Wolf and Tim to let them know we were leaving. Tim sent one back saying they would meet us out front. I then tracked down Fritz and told him my suspicions.

“I’ll have Flo stay and check the room. If there are recording devices, I’ll have her collect the hard drives,” Fritz assured me.