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A few days passed and planting the idea in Jessica's mind turned out to be necessary, not that it was difficult. All it took was an order to Malcolm and he put the idea of asking Luke Cage into her mind. From there, she went to the Bar and found out from Roy that Luke had abandoned it to play bodyguard to some rich asshole. Oh yeah, that set off all her alarm bells.

The text came in from Malcolm in the later afternoon, and I couldn't help smiling.

'she knows where u r. i only know cuz she stopped by her place and i asked. she told me to sit tight… i saw a gun in her jacket tho man.'

The gun gets a raised eyebrow from me, but I can easily see how desperation would lead her to such a thing. Firing off a quick text back, I tell Malcolm to show up anyways given he has a part to play in this final act. At the same time, I'm standing up and as I slip my phone into my pocket I can't help grin. Time to get everything and everyone ready for our guest.