Like No One’s Watching You

I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life anyway. If I wear it like armor, then maybe it can't be used to hurt me?"

The woman looked at Brea for a long moment. What she was contemplating, Brea didn't know. To be honest, she didn't want to know.

"In that case," she stuck out her hand, "it's nice to meet you, Vi. I'm Jessica Jones."

Brea shook her hand gratefully and knew in her bones that this was the start of a beautiful friendship.

Jessica helped Brea get to her apartment that night, and she stayed for about a week. Billy's body was found floating in the river 3 days after Halloween. The next day, after hitting herself for not thinking of him earlier, Brea reached out to Frank. He arrived in less than an hour and took her to his home.

She's visited Jessica at least once or twice a week since then.