#INTERACTION ;; edie x temperance (001)

[seolinah]

Edie smirked. "Hoping to pay me more to go away?" It wouldn't be the first time someone she was trailing had offered in any case. But if that were the case... "Because typically people that have nothing to hide don't try to make a counter offer." Maybe that wasn't the case for Temperance, maybe the woman simply valued her privacy, but her gut said otherwise. "I think you underestimate my patience." And her desire for this particular pay day.

The last thing she needed in her life was more scrutiny. Not with sleep becoming more evasive and her general problems with normal existence. Temperance looked away as she took a moment to lessen the rising unease in her gut. Talking about it made it worse. Made it real. "How much are you being paid?" She asked. If there was a chance that she could pay her way out of the situation, she would. The airline settlement was still a very cosy nest egg in her savings. "Unless you have some sort of truth serum, I don't think this story will come out. You would be safer dropping it."

[seolinah]

Edie sighed, lips pursing into a disappointed frown. "How can it be settled when you've given me nothing to work with?" She come up empty-handed one too many times when it came to this case, and she didn't plan on that happening again. Not unless she wanted to say good-bye to the nice paycheck that was supposed to be waiting for her. "Look, I just want to talk. If you give me the information I need then I won't have to bother you again. Til then, you're stuck seeing me around."

open to all ; she had a yellowjackets style year and a half with her high school volleyball team and it messed her up. she now works as an architect ; possible connections are reporter, one of her employees, someone she's been seeing, etc.

“You need to stop,” Temperance stated. “You need to stop digging." Her tone was light, or as light as it ever was, but her eyes were stern. "I'm not going to be entertaining this little sleuthing game you're playing anymore." She didn't have a lot of connections in her life. It wasn't needed though, she had a near mess free life. "Is this settled?"

[seolinah]

Edie stared, considering her. At face value, sure, she could believe that to be the entire truth. It wasn't as if her job was to minimize whatever Temperance went through, but something about the woman's story bothered her. The PI just couldn't put her finger on what exactly. "And yet someone wouldn't have hired me to look into you if it was as simple as that," she said in return. "Obviously someone thinks there's more to the story, and if it isn't me coming to you, I'm sure someone else will."

"There is absolutely no benefit for me telling you any of the information you're asking about." Temperance responded. "Except perhaps the wonderful return to solitude." She crossed her arms and eyed Edie warily. "Don't you think there could be a reason I have no desire to speak on it? Consider that it could be too painful."