"She was not surprised when he showed up, having been kicked out his house after another fight and needing a couch to crash on for the night. Nor was she particularly disappointed."

This is Andrea "Andie" Banks, who is obviously my favorite of the characters I've recently created for a work-in-progress. She's a private investigator, a conspiracy theorist, a lover of old school ska, a collector of colored contact lenses, and a patron of the underground art scene.