“Oh, yes. . . . Jay and I have known each other since during my runway years, when I was juggling college with my career. You know, we were both at USC then we just lost touch, like people do after they finish school.”
Feeling all eyes on her, Mignon continued compulsively. “What a pleasant surprise. . . . Jay, I hear you’re like the black Bill Gates—you’re the last person I’d expect Greg to try and convince to fund one of his gangsta rappers!” Smiling brightly, she knew that she’d probably pissed Greg and Traci off for even mentioning the project…. or acknowledging Jason’s well-publicized wealth and success.
Typically Mignon would have been quiet and self-contained, as she’d too often demonstrated on the previous blind dates that Traci and Greg had set up. Raising his eyebrows in surpri
