After work, Jack and Bob head to Bob's apartment together. Jack sees Bob curiously take out a bottle out from his bedroom.
"What's that?"
"Oh. I guess this might sound odd to you, but it's just a souvenir I got when I was in China. I just thought it'd be nice to eat dumplings with this souvenir. "
"Yeah, you are weird, Bob. But I'm impressed that you've been to a foreign country? That's cool." Jack stares at the bottle.
Bob shrugs, "Canada is a foreign country. Mexico is a foreign country. You can cross the border and you'd be in a foreign country. It's really not a big deal. I think going to Texas is going to foreign country actually."
Jack laughs, "That's hilarious! You are funny. I have never been to Texas so I wouldn't know. But I believe you."
"Maybe you should go out more. That's why, the other day, I told you to try to get suspended a little bit and get out of New York and do something." Bob eats another dumpling.
Jack thinks he hears swishing sounds from the bottle just now. But he is not too concerned about noises right now.
Honestly, he just can't wait to go to the bar with Bob in a few hours.
After dinner, Bob says he is going to put the bottle away.
As soon as Bob steps into the bedroom, Yuan the ghost immediately says, "Wow, thank you Bob. I haven't seen shrimp dumplings for such a long time. But, just by smelling them, I don't think they are very authentic."
Bob replies in a low voice, "Well, Yuan, this is all I can offer."
"You should just learn how to make Chinese food at home," Tao says.
"Yeah, no. Alright, I'm going back out now."
"Tell Jack 'thank you.'"
"Sure."
Before leaving, Bob puts on a pair of wide-frame glasses and then a baseball cap.
"What's with this look?" Jack asks.
"Oh. Um, I don't want people to recognize me. I work at Brighton Beach sometimes, you know."
"Oh. I guess that's true. People don't like to hangout with cops."
But obviously, Bob just wants to avoid any risk of being recognized as the never-dying guy. He needs to be extra careful these days, since he is noticing more and more people are looking for him.
*** *** ***
They now head down to Brighton Beach by taking the subway. They then walk a few blocks, arriving at the bar, Black Eight Pub.
As soon as they get inside, Jack's eyes are searching for Nitte. It doesn't take long before Jack finds her sitting by the bar with a man with broad shoulders.
God damn it.
"Dude. Is Nitte's friend a man? Ugh." Bob nods in Nitte's direction. Apparently, he sees Nitte as well. And he sees the man sitting next to Nitte talking to her.
"Unless this man is just a random guy at the bar and Nitte's female friend is in the bathroom. But I doubt that is the scenario. Well, this sucks. I guess I have to talk to other girls on my own then," Bob laughs.
They still walk over to Nitte. To Jack's surprise, Nitte immediately turns around.
Jack thinks his heart stops for a second.
She smiles but her eyes look sharply through him. Jack suddenly worries because he thinks she might be able to read his mind.
"Jackass! So glad you are here! This is Andyo. Andyo, this is Jackass and his friend Bob." Nitte puts her hand on the man.
"Hello. Nice to make your acquaintance," Andyo extends his hand out, trying to shake hands with them.
"Is that... Am I hearing Australian accent from you?" Bob asks as he shakes Andyo's hand.
"Yeah, mate. I try to tone it down a little bit for the U.S. viewing market. When I really go full-on Australian, you might not comprehend everything I say."
"Yeah, I have to ask him to explain some of the things he says a little bit for me," Nitte giggles. She looks to be very happy, "But I like his accent so much. So sexy."
"So how do you get your name, Andyo?" Jack asks.
"Before I became the host of my show, I was actually an engineer for one of the Fortune top 3 companies. The CEO is also a Forbes top 3 billionaire. And my name when working there was actually Andy but my last name starts an O so my coworkers started calling me Andyo. And it sticks."
Jack is trying very, very hard to hold his tongue right now. Because, what the hell was that? Did he have to throw in the information that he was working for a big company and all that? OK, big shot. This is so stupid. All Jack asked was: "How did you get your name." All Andyo should say was that it was Andy + O.
"Alright. Well, nice to meet you. Bob and I will go mingle now. Have a fun night." Jack says and pulls Bob away.
"Hold on a minute," Nitte says, "Andyo is super good at changing people's lives. I think he should try to help you, Jackass."
"Help me with what?" Jack asks.
"Start with your apartment maybe. Your apartment is a mess. Oh, and you probably need a new career. Andyo is great with career advice." Nitte speaks with a big smile.
"Haha I am sure. I can't be on TV though. Thanks for the offer. I'm going to show Bob around a little."
They walk away from Nitte and Andyo.
"Did you tell Nitte my name? Because I've never met her." Bob asks.
"I must have."
"OK. Well. Don't be too sad. I think Nitte is hanging out with Andyo with a purpose. Maybe she is going to use Andyo's engineering knowledge and stuff."
"Give me a f*ing break. Why does she need an engineer? I guess I don't care now. I'm sorry that I made you come out here. Let's try to enjoy ourselves."
But as hard as Jack tries, he knows his mood is ruined. Fortunately, it seems like girls at the bar here tonight are quite fond of both him and Bob. They start to talk to two girls for a while.
Even though he does appreciate to be talking to new people tonight, both Bob and Jack can't stop checking their watch frequently.
"Let's head out now. We can still catch the last train now." Jack says.
"Sure. I don't care."
After they get out of their subway stop. They say good night to each other and walk towards their own apartments separately.
Jack gets inside his apartment and turns on lights.
"F*k!" Jack exclaims, being so shocked to see Nitte sitting on his couch.
"Hello!" Nitte replies.
"What the hell Nitte? Aren't you with that Andy-o guy?"
"Oh, I use a little bit of my power and make him go back to his hotel just earlier and he is sleeping now. He is fine." Nitte gets up, walking up to Jack. "Plus, I said I'd save some time for you tonight, depending on your manner. You were OK. Not too rude to me."
"OK?" Jack laughs sarcastically.
"And, I will grant you your wish." Nitte smiles.
"What wish?"
"You just shouted out loud. Don't you know?" Nitte puts her hands on his body.