( if he isn't referring to quentin then who in the... — then everything starts to click and it's like the record on her gramophone decided to skip and scratch ahead of a song. with her cheeks flustering and her pink pupils glimmering in embarrassment, jinx jerks away from her father to give them two space then quickly slaps her palm over the red mark. )

C-Chompers!!

( she sputters out her weapon's name. )

He was a reeeeaaal pain the other night. 'Cuz it was just him by himself and he isn't use to being out and about without his brother.

( this isn't exactly a cover up because the one thing people can say about jinx is that she is honest. and what she is elaborating right now in fact did happen. whether this story is the the cause of the love bite? that she isn't telling. just explaining a situation that transpired at the casino. )