“What about that one?”
“Too young. We need someone with a little more experience.”
“Um, okay. How about that one?”
“In the red shirt?”
“No, not him. Too confident. The guy next to him.”
“In the striped shirt?”
“Yeah.”
Darius nodded. “Let’s see if we get any interest from him. I’ll go straight across, then you loop around past the pool tables and see what you get. Wait until I signal you, though.”
“Okay.”
Darius set down his empty glass and made his way across the room. He stopped at the bar about four seats from the guy in the striped shirt to order a drink.
It was a crowded bar, but the bartender came to him immediately. Most bartenders did for Darius.
He ordered a juice. The bartender gave him his drink and told him it was on the house.
While this was happening, Darius watched the guy in the striped shirt out of the corner of his eye.