Ash Kelley

Her job paid enough, but it kind of lacked the social aspect that Kitty had been hoping for.

So just a few months after moving into the apartment, she quit her job and found a new job waiting tables.

When the job as a server fell through, she found another, this time as a hostess at an Italian restaurant.

But that, too, really wasn't what she wanted.

And it was only by chance that after the hostess job came to an end, Kitty finally found what she had been looking for when she answered an ad looking for a bartender at the neighborhood bar in Hollis, Queens.

Like you said, she's chatty.

She's got like a je ne sais quoi.

Yeah, she's charismatic.

Yeah, and as a bartender, the money she made in tips was more than enough to support herself.

Oh, yeah.

But just as important, the bar in the neighborhood provided a community that she was looking for, especially since her family had moved to Connecticut.

Restaurant crews get so close.

Really tight.

And in time, she moved up from bartender to manager and began settling into life in Queens.

Wow, good for her to be so young and to make moves like that, like legit money moves.

Yeah, she's moving on up.

Now, as promised, Kitty kept in regular touch with her parents.

She visited as often as she could.

She was telling the truth.

Yeah.