“I am new here. I am called Jia.”
“See? Jia the Giant! You got to be a pro wrestler girl, or the next one to play Wonder Woman. You just got in town? You come to the right place then. You gonna take the world by storm, sister. Where you from original-like?”
“Somewhere else,” Jia shrugged. “Very far from here.”
“Not sayin’, eh? That’s cool. You looking to get into show biz?”
“Right now I only want to meet people and learn my way about.”
“Well, stay and have a drink then, sister! Marquise Harding. This be Juan and Doreen.”
He introduced the rest. “What you having?”
“Having?”
“To drink, Jia the Giant. You gotta let me buy you at least one.”
Others concurred, all of them eager to include her. Jia felt quickly at ease.
“What is good? Not the beer.”
Everyone laughed; some nodded. Jia
