Jessica had been lost in thought, unaware that someone was calling for her. She had a lot on her mind. In the morning, when she confronted her father, she needed to play her cards right. Her mind filtered through a few ways she could go about it that wouldn’t stir up any conflict. If it could be avoided, she hoped that her father would see her reasoning and not think that she was being ornery like he always did. Stubborn old man that he was. It was so difficult to get him to agree with any of her decisions, even if her brothers seemed to be on board with whatever it was she had in mind. She knew that she would have to be careful, and maybe even write down a small speech to give him, reciting it to herself a few times, before she went to bed.<br/><br/>It wasn’t until Benjamin started growling that her attention was on the woman trying to catch up to her.<br/><br/>“Now what?” Jessica muttered to herself. She really wasn’t in the mood right now, having half a mind to tell the woman to leave her be (though not quite in as friendly a manner) so she could go on with her night. But instead she stopped herself. The woman mentioned that she had an opportunity, and then suddenly Jessica’s face lit up with a grin. “Wait… an opportunity? I see…” That was enough to get her to listen to what she had to say, curious about what this offer, this power, might be. It was true that she did have a lot of connections in the city, and her father had even more, she could easily find protection, but this had better be worth it. Just because she had the resources, doesn’t mean that they were easy to acquire. She needed to go through her father first and foremost.<br/><br/>She took a moment to think about it, the offer was extremely tempting, trying to decide how she wanted to go about this. Taking this woman to her father would not be hard. Her father was not an easy man to negotiate with, and did not like it when people showed up uninvited. Suddenly, a plan began to form in her head. A twinkle shone in her eye. The smile on her face slowly became a little wider. Benjamin knew the look oh too well; the Growlithe shifted a little, knowing, somewhere in his mind, that she was cooking up something good. Normally the Growlithe couldn’t comprehend anything past treats, battling, protecting his master, among other things, but he was actually a lot smarter than he looked. After all, there was a reason, more than simply having an understanding of each other, Jessica had picked him to be her partner.<br/><br/>This might give her the edge she needed to get him to see things her way.<br/><br/>Keeping that smile on her face, she reached inside of her coat and pulled out a pen and a slip of paper. “How convenient.” She mused aloud with a chuckle, glancing at the items briefly, writing down her father’s address on the paper and handing it to Eva. “Come by tomorrow morning at nine-thirty. I should warn you, dear, if this power you offer doesn’t dazzle us, whoever you need protection from will be the least of your worries.”