Searching For Jenna novel Chapter 12

"Well, I hope you are going to wait a day or two," Mary said. "She's been here three days and is just now conscious. You guys need to give her time to adjust to her circumstances."

Janet asked, "Did your questions tell you any more about who she is?"

"We're closer," Dana said evasively.

"Well, does she have a name we can call her?" Janet asked.

"No. She's still just Jane Doe," Dana said.

Jenna woke to find Special Agent Dana Tamaski sitting in the chair against the wall in her room. She wasn't sure how long she'd been in the hospital because she'd gone in and out of consciousness several times. It was hard to know how long she'd been out each time.

Dana laid her laptop down on the chair next to her. She stood and came over next to the bed. "Hi."

Jenna turned her head slightly so her good eye could look at Dana. She was a pretty woman. Jenna guessed she was in her late-twenties. Her dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail today, like the way Jenna usually wore her long blonde locks.

"Do you feel up to trying some writing today?" Dana asked.

Jenna shrugged.

Dana picked up the yellow legal notepad and laid it on Jenna's lap. She put a pen on top of the pad and waited to see what Jenna would do.

After staring at the pad for several minutes, Jenna finally picked up the pen and wrote. "How long have I been here?"

"Six days," Dana answered.

"Why isn't my mother here?" Jenna wrote next.

Dana sighed. "That's a bit complicated. Let me ask you a few things to see what you remember about what happened. When I showed you the picture of the man yesterday, you got really upset. Is he the man who hurt you?"

Jenna nodded.

"Do you remember calling the FBI and telling someone there that you'd found a body in your father's freezer?" Dana asked quietly. Even though Jenna was in a private room, Dana didn't want to take a chance on the nurses hearing their conversation.

Dana didn't like the look the nurse gave her. It made her concerned that the nurse may be poking her nose into the story the FBI had told the hospital when they brought Jenna there. The hospital administration knew that Jenna was a witness in an ongoing investigation, but no one else in the hospital knew what was going on. All they knew was that this young woman was seriously injured by a suspect that was still at large.

Jenna's face was still swollen and bruised to the point where she didn't resemble that attractive young woman in the pictures that were being sent out on the Amber Alert that went up after Jenna was found missing from her parents' home. Surely, the nurse didn't suspect that Jenna might be the girl from the Amber Alert, but Dana wasn't going to take any chances. She was going to get Jenna out of there.

Dana told Jenna that she had to make some phone calls, but she would be back in a little bit. Jenna motioned for the legal pad. When Dana handed it to her, Jenna wrote, "That nurse keeps asking me questions. I don't know if she's just nosy, stupid, or up to something, but she makes me nervous."

"You're going to be leaving soon so don't worry about her," Dana assured Jenna and squeezed her hand.

The FBI could not afford for Michael Matthews to find out where Jenna was. They needed the information she might be able to provide. If Matthews finds out where she is, he will come after her because he knew how much Jenna might be able to tell them about the woman in his freezer.

Dana stepped out into the hall and looked around. There weren't any nurses in the vicinity. She quickly texted Jonas. "Nosy nurse asking questions. We need to move package."

It only took a few minutes for the reply. "Will send extraction team."

Dana stepped back into Jenna's room and went to the bed. She picked up the legal pad and wrote, "We've been investigating your father for some time. You saw the body of a woman in his freezer. We think the woman was a victim of a drug and human trafficking cartel that your father is working for. My boss is sending an extraction team to get you out of here. I'm not going to leave the room. Just go along with what we say. You are in great danger."