(Jumping here to say yeah, you can’t invite “half the town” and then police the front door)

"Mm, and why choose us?" Bella asked. "I'm sure half the men here are easier social goalposts to get over."

"Thank you!" Kim said with a smile "I'm so happy, you could join us"

Sapphire said "I'm not interested in talking to boys right now."

Andy said "No, I just wanted to know if you were okay" he then sighed "And if...maybe you have had better luck than I have in finding Skyla"

Elziabeth said "Daddy, you promised"

"I know, sweetie," Andy sadi quietly "Why don't you hang out iwth your Uncle Jason"

Elizabeth said "Uncle Pampers isn't going to be happy about this" before heading to Jason.

Jason smiled as he excused himself from Julius and Kelly seeing Elizabeth approach him.

Julius said "So what's your reason for being here?"

"Well at first it was for my friend Sapphire" looking at her trying to talk with the dancers, Kelly then looked at Kim "Now it's because...I think I just made a good friend"

"Of course I haven't," Itsumi said, looking at Andy. "Not that you've been helpful. The only people who have been have been Kenny's men."

Skyla nodded, stepping inside. "Shouldn't you have someone else being bouncer so you can spend time with him?" she asked. "Or are you just here?" If Kim was preoccupied with manning the door...all the better.

"I think she's flirting with us, Bella," Mimi said, smirking as she leaned over to say that to the other dancer.

Bella laughed quietly at Mimi's observation. "Have a good day." She replied to Sapphire.

Sapphire sighed and walked away feeling down a bit.

Andy looked at Elizabeth approaching Jason and looked forward "I wish I had that luxury, I really do. I miss her so much."

Mimi laughed. "Oh absolutely. Bunch of oddballs here in Facina, and it seems they're all in attendance," she said.

"Whatever, Andy. Do something or fuck off," Itsumi said, moving to ignore him. Wavy brown hair moved into her periphery on her left, and a familiar perfume washed over her that made her stomach sink. Warm, pale skin brushed up against her arm and Itsumi paused for a moment, before looking over, her hair falling over her shoulder to block her face from Andy's view as she took in the woman now beside her with wide eyes.

Skyla approached the bar, leaning up against it as her arm brushed up against her sister's. "A gin and tonic please," she said with a smile, glancing briefly to meet Itsumi's eyes. She had deliberately chosen this disguise, one from her work in Japan, one that only the highest Yakuza members had known about, them and Itsumi. Valentina Takahashi, Val, the bubbly half-Japanese girl who charmed men with a single smile. Makeup magic, contacts, and a refreshed dye job completely removed any aspect of Skyla from the disguise, but the face was familiar to two people in the crowd: Itsumi and Mimi.

Tears jumped briefly into Itsumi's eyes as she beheld her sister, but she blinked them away quickly, smirking as she tilted her head. "Val? Valentina Takahashi...what're you doing here?" she asked.

"I could ask you the same thing, little miss. Aren't you a little young to be hanging out in a nightclub?" Skyla asked, her Japanese accent thicker than it normally was..

"There's a kid younger than me, here," Itsumi waved it off.

"As long as I don't get stabbed or roofied by the end of this I think this might actually be worth staying for." Bella leaned forward, placing her head in one hand as she looked over the crowd for anyone interesting. She let her bleak demeanor slip a bit again, but it wasn't something that would compromise her at all.

Andy smiled a bit at that "Well she seems rather nice," he paused a bit and looked at Itsumi "I'm actually kind of happy to see you smile."

Jason walked with Elizabeth and accidentally bumped into Valentina saying "I am so sorry, Miss. I should have watched where I was going"

Elizabeth said "Uncle Jason, you know better"

Jason sighed and "I know, I know"

Kim walked to Kelly who asked "You see Sapphire?"

Kim said "Yeah, she's heading to the bar" pointing out to Kelly who sighed in relief "What's wrong?"

Kelly said "I'm just worried about her ...she kind of confessed to me and I told her I don't swing that way"

"Oh, that sucks" Kim asked but she paused "But wasn't that kind of obvious"

"Sapphire is a genius but...romance is kind of not her specialty" Kelly said with a chuckle.

(Oh okay)

Andy said "I like her." He sighed getting sad a bit "Though I might be missing Skyla. She was just like that when we first started dating"

"Wanna know a secret?" Mimi asked quietly, leaning forward to steady herself next to Bella.

Skyla smiled, stepping back. "That's alright, you're the big man himself, right?" she asked.

"No she wasn't," Itsumi said, frowning. "You started dating her right when she lost Aska, if she was acting like that when you started dating, something was seriously wrong. Really, if she was ever like that, things were always wrong," she said, rolling her eyes.