Ash Kelley

And then this happens.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So she promised them she would find a safe neighborhood and a good job.

She would call them regularly and take the train to New Canaan on weekends to visit.

All right.

I mean, really, what more can you ask her to do?

And although Rachel and Vincent still didn't like the idea of leaving her behind, Kitty's assurances seemed genuine.

And eventually they gave their blessing and were like, fine.

Now, in that first year on her own, Kitty stayed in the extra room in her grandfather's apartment and found work as a secretary at an insurance company.

And in time, she'd saved enough money to move out, and by the end of 1954, she'd found an apartment of her own.

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.