Innocent Until Proven Otherwise — Chapter 4 — Jasmine
Kim stands guard at the buffet. Jack finds a girl with mischief in her eyes.
Freddy has a black eye and a lot of anger at two guys. Jack swears they never laid a finger on him.
Inside, things got way too good.
Big Kim slid across the floor with his smoothest moves, nice and slow, all the way to his target: the buffet table. And he stood guard. Nothing in this life could pull Big Kim away from there. Not one waiter got past him without him grabbing two glasses, and that's where he used his most incredible skill: both hands serving himself at the same time.
Me, on the other hand, I'm hungry for something else at this kind of event.
Unfortunately I fly solo. Kim is not what you'd call a wingman. And good thing he isn't, because he ruins my game more than he helps.
I started strutting around. A little drink here, a little chat there. The kids from school gave me some crooked little smiles, but the outside crowd was chill. I saw some drugs going around too. Rich-kid party: everybody underage, everybody relaxed.
Every now and then I'd swing by to check on my boy. Still there. Eating everything, drinking everything.
And me making my rounds. A cutie here, a hug there.