It – takes her a SECOND to wake up. It takes her a second to wake and process through the sort of ringing in her skull. She doesn’t entirely remember what happened last night but there’s cuts on her knuckles and she could care less. Enough of an answer there – okay. Settled.
She barely hears the knock over the ringing and she grunts, half-tempted to do NOTHING and just – let bygones be bygones. Let the person loiter on her doorstep long enough until maybe she can call the cops and squeeze out some money from them. The desperate ones are ALWAYS that desperate.
Knock – faint but she can hear it. It persists and Jessica knows she’s not going back to sleep. So –
Crawl out of bed, fumbling with her jeans as she shrugs them on.
She grabs the bottle of whiskey on her way to the door, tosses back a mouthful before opening it.
“—– Whatever the fuck time of morning it is.”
kara is somewhat taken aback by the woman that answers the door, but manages not to react to it outwardly. she subconsciously takes a step back at the sudden arrival of the woman, not expecting her irritability, nor her question. pausing, kara looks down at her watch, reading the time on it and noting that it is not an unreasonable time in the morning.
“Er... it’s 11:16. I’m sorry, are you Jessica Jones? I was told that you’re the best there is, and I need to find someone.” pausing, she looks over the woman for a moment before continuing. “I’ll pay whatever it takes, I’m just at my wits end here.” as if emphasizing her willingness to pay, she shifts her fur coat back onto her shoulder, flashing her shortly trimmed but prettily painted purple and teal nails.
she pauses, considering for a moment. it would be easy enough to just compel her to do offer her services, but to kara that’s basically cheating.
“Of course, I can also come back later if you’re too... indisposed.” polite to the end.
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