He could feel the acceleration of the car, and looked over at her.

"They set your speed limits higher than ours out here, too?" he teased.

Talking about Clarice, there was something that sounded a tad off in Starla's voice; Bill couldn't be sure if he was imagining it or not.

"Yeah, I left a list. Water the plants, don't burn the house down, things like that."

He flashed her a partially hesitant smile that grew wide when she talked about her part.

"That's great, Starla. Did I say congratulations yet? Congratulations, they couldn't've picked a better gal for it."