(Chapter 3, enjoy!)
NOT MINE NOT MAKING MONEY, IT'S JUST FOR FUN!
Chapter 3: Oh Na-na, what's my name?
Stephanie closed the door to her apartment with a sigh. She couldn't believe that she actually offered to watch over this woman! What was she thinking? It must be the hormones or something, mothering hormones coming out, yes!
Stephanie shook her head, but that's what Rex was for, to counteract those scary hormones. Speaking of Rex. Stephanie walked over to the slumbering hamster and poured a few hamster pellets into the bowl. She had to take care of her baby hamster now didn't she.
Stephanie kicked her shoes off and then slowly dragged herself off to her bed. She would need to take her car to be looked at, first thing in the morning, and then she'd go by the bail's bond office and pick up a few files for skips.
Stephanie yawned loudly and set her alarm for nine in the morning, anything before then was just plain torture. She cuddled up under her covers and fell to sleep instantly.
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It wasn't her alarm that woke her up the next morning, it was her phone going off. Stephanie opened a bleary eye and turned to look at the time; 7:25 Am, now, who would be calling at this ungodly hour!?
Stephanie blindly reached out for her cell phone, and answered it with a rough, "Hello?"
"Is this Ms. Plum?" a soft female voice asked in the phone, "I'm looking for Stephanie Plum."
"Yes, this is Stephanie," Stephanie said, sitting up in her bed with a yawn, "What can I do for you?"
"Hi, this is Doctor Jones, I'm in charge of the Jane Doe case, the woman you bought in last night."
Stephanie perked up and said, "How is she?! Is she alright, nothing wrong with her right?!"
"Well, it's best if you come in as soon as possible, there's been a new development in her case, it's highly sensitive and I would like to speak to you in person about it, can you come in soon?"
Stephanie nearly let out a whine, but stopped. The woman in the hospital bed had it worse than her. she had been beaten and had escaped her captor.
"I'll be there soon," Stephanie said softly, "Is she in any medical danger?"
"No, it's just best if you come in and take a look at her." the Doctor said before she said, "See you soon."
Stephanie hung up the phone and sighed. She got up, took a quick shower, put on a pair of jeans and a pink tee. She slipped on socks and her sneakers and was out the door, but not before saying good bye to Rex.
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Stephanie frowned as she parked her car in the hospital parking lot. It was making weird sounds, and smoke was coming from the front of it. After seeing the doctor at the hospital, she was going right to the mechanic.
It was a short trip up to the hospital room that the woman had been admitted to. She just hopped onto the elevator going up, and then she walked through the hallway to the inpatient rooms. Stephanie walked into the hospital room, expecting the woman to be asleep. What she didn't expect was for the woman to be awake and looking around, a small smile on her face. When the woman turned to Stephanie, she smiled brightly and said, "Hello! Are you a doctor?"
Stephanie shook her head no, making the woman pout, "Oh okay, the nurse who came in earlier told me I was in a hospital. She told me doctors and nurses worked in a hospital!"
The woman seemed proud to know about that tidbit of information, and it had Stephanie wondering just what happened to her.
"Mrs. Plum!" A woman doctor said, walking into the hospital room, "I'm Doctor Jones, as you can see, out Jane Doe is awake, the best part is, she is completely healed."
Stephanie turned and saw that every scratch and bruise on the woman were gone, she had nothing on her. The bandages on her wrist were gone too, showing smooth skin, not a single scar.
"We took her down to get a CT scan, her skull is fine, every broken bone she had is healed too, I've never seen anything like it before," Doctor Jones said reading the woman's chart.
"If she's healed and fine, why did you call me in?" Stephanie asked, turning to watch the woman get out of bed and look outside the window.
Doctor Jones frowned and said, "She has a severe case of amnesia. She remembers absolutely nothing. She doesn't know her age, what year it is, I highly doubt she knows how to read and write. It's like she's learning everything all over again."
Stephanie wondered if she made the woman get amnesia from crashing into her with her car. She did hit it head first.
"How long do thing this will last?" Stephanie asked Doctor Jones, who shrugged her shoulders and looked at the woman sadly.
"I don't know, days, weeks, months, maybe forever. Whatever hit her head, hit it pretty hard." Doctor Jones said turning to Stephanie, "something may trigger her memories, but it takes time, I say live your normal life, and just try to incorporate her into it. just to not shock her."
Stephanie nodded her head and then asked, "When can she be released from the hospital, today, or tomorrow?"
"I say we keep her for one more day, and then you can pick her up," Doctor Jones said with a smile, "But she's perfectly healthy and in excellent condition, except for the amnesia."
Stephanie started to feel a bit guilty; she had been go 90 miles an hour down that road. She had hit her going 90 miles per hour, and the woman did fly 20 feet away from her. How in the hell did that woman survive?!
"You can come and get her bright and early tomorrow, but do bring her back in two weeks to get another CT scan, maybe there's something we missed. Sometimes clots and tumors can cause memory lost." Doctor Jones said flipping the folder up, "You can stay for a bit and introduce yourselves, I'm sure you two will become fast friends."
Doctor Jones walked up to the woman and said, "Now, the nurses will be back with breakfast soon, I'll see you in the afternoon okay, angel?"
The woman smiled and said, "Okay! What's this thing called breakfast…?"
Doctor Jones smiled and said, "Something I'm sure you'll enjoy. I'll be back at 12 noon!"
Doctor Jones walked briskly out the room, and closed the door. The woman jumped up on the bed and said, "So, you're not a doctor, and you're not a nurse, are there more people out in the world that aren't doctor and nurses?!"
"Well, my name is Stephanie Plum, and I'm the one who saved you last night." Stephanie said, sitting on the hospital bed beside the woman who sat up in amazement.
"You saved me?!" she asked in a whisper, "From what, the only thing I remember is waking up!"
"Uh, I found you, you were out in the middle of the road, I helped you, by taking you to the hospital, I thought you were going to die." Stephanie told the woman who tilted her head in confusion.
"What does die mean?" she asked softly, "The nurses kept saying that I almost died last night, what does it mean?"
"It means you fall asleep and never wake up," Stephanie said, dumbing it down as far as she could, "I'm glad you didn't die."
"I'm glad I didn't either!" the woman said with a smile, "Oh! The nurses told me you were going to name me, what's my name?!"
Stephanie frowned and said, "Oh goodness, I really didn't, think of a name, so uh, what do they call you around here?"
"They call me Angel, because they tell me I have a smile of an Angel," the woman said smile brightly, "Oh, can I called Angel?"
"If that's what you want, your name is now Angel!" Stephanie said, earning a squeal and a hug from Angel.
"Thank you Stephanie, I kinda feel whole now, now that I got a name!" Angel said letting go of Stephanie, "The Doctor told me that I couldn't leave until tomorrow, are you going to pick me up tomorrow?"
"Yup, you get to stay with me until you're well," Stephanie said, standing up, "I think we'll have a a fun time, I have a hamster too, he's this furry animal that fits in your hand."
"Animal?" Angel echoed, her face full of confusion, "What's an animal?"
Stephanie shook her head and said, "You'll find out when you meet him," Stephanie looked down at her watch and saw that it was nearly eight, "Look, Angel, I gotta go, tell you what, I'll be back at dinner time, I'll bring pizza, okay?"
"Pizza? What's pizza?" Angel asked, making Stephanie smile.
"Oh yeah, amnesia and stuff." Stephanie said walking over to the door, "I'll see you tonight, okay?"
Angel smiled and said, "Okay Stephanie, I'll see you tonight, with pizza! Whatever that may be!"
Stephanie opened the door, exited the hospital room and closed the door with a soft click. It was going to be like raising a baby, albeit, this baby could walk, talk, and go to the bathroom by herself.
Hopefully…
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"What?!" Stephanie yelped looking at her mechanic, "But…it was just a deer, a 145 pound deer."
Her mechanic, Scott, dropped her hood back down and shook his head, "There are times when it may look like little damage happened at all, this is not the case. Your transmission is shot, I'm surprised you're driving this hunk of junk."
Stephanie rubbed a hand on her forehead and looked at her car. It was a 94' Honda Civic, she had it for about 4 months now, about a record for her. she couldn't believe that Angel, destroyed her car like that, even though she was 6'1, Angel looked to be less than 140 pounds!
"How much would this cost to get fix?" Stephanie asked looking to Scott who shook his head.
"You're better off scrapping it for metal, and buying another car, to replace the transmission would cost more than what you paid for the car."
"Shit!" Stephanie groaned, rubbing her face in frustration, "I need this car too, damn it!"
Stephanie didn't want to borrow Big Blue, that would mean going over to her parents' and asking her dad, and getting an earful from her mother…damn it!
Luckily for Stephanie, she didn't have to dwell on where she would find a car. A black standard Rangeman SUV came rolling into the auto shop. Lester climbed out the driver said and walked up to Stephanie, "Hey Beautiful, need a lift somewhere?"
"Yes, thank you Lester!" Stephanie said with a smile, "Can you chauffeur me around today, I really hate to ask you to do this but-"
"Beautiful, it's not a problem; hanging out with you is fun!" Lester said waving his hands, "The others don't know what kind of fun we get into!"
Stephanie sighed and said, "Thanks Lester, I need a car to pick up some Pino's for Angel, and to get her tomorrow…"
"Whose Angel" Lester asked Stephanie who paused in her thoughts to look up at Lester.
"Oh, she's the woman I helped last night, she has no memories, and we needed a name for her, so we named her Angel." Stephanie said and then she frowned, "She remembers absolutely nothing, it's crazy! I'm glad you offered me a job doing searches, I know it wouldn't have been safe for Angel to go out and chase skips with me."
"Poor woman, it must suck not knowing who you are," Lester whistled, passing Stephanie the keys to the SUV, "I'll ride shotgun, you can chauffeur me around!"
"I feel privileged," Stephanie replied snidely, but got into the driver seat, "Any word from Ranger yet?"
Lester shook his head, "Nope, you'd be the first one to know about his whereabouts, even Tank is starting to get pissed, two weeks and no calls, no nothing, it must be some serious shit."
"I hope it isn't anything too serious," Stephanie said as she rolled out the auto shop.
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They were sitting in a diner in god knows whereville USA. It was just the three of them. they had come to this tiny town because of a tip, someone gave to them. the tip had been a dud, she wasn't around here anywhere.
"Damn it!" the man swore softly, causing the little girl to jump and look up at him with large eyes full of tears, "Oh no sweetie, I wasn't yelling at you, Daddy gets mad sometimes, and it's bad to keep it in."
The other man with the two nodded his head and said in a stoic voice, "I'm sorry your Daddy frightened you, would you like for me to buy you a milkshake?"
"Yes please Uncle C.!" The girl said, kicking her tiny legs in the booster seat she was in, "Chocolate, wif sprinkles! Is that alright, Da?
The man who snapped out in anger nodded his head and rubbed his eyes, "You can have cake too, if you want."
The girl clapped her hands in delight, placing her stuffed toy on the table top. Uncle C. turned to the man and said, "Don't worry, we'll find her…"
"It's been two weeks, she could already be gone, he only gave me a week, I could have already lost her." The man said looking at the little girl who was singing to her toy, "She could have lost her."
"Don't think like that, you have to be brave, for her," Uncle. C said pointing to the child, who looked up and said, "Uncle C…are you gonna get mommy for us?"
The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle C. will help find your mommy."
TBC….