"'Mary Anne Alma...'" Abby began at her computer. Holtzmann, Erin, and Patty all stood behind Yates' desk, reading over her shoulder as she continued to read out loud. "'...died of breast cancer in her apartment on the night of January 7th, 2015. Her infant daughter, Kaylee, will be left to no one as there are no known living relatives.'" Abby stopped reading to comment. "Oh, how sad. That must've been who she was talking about when she said 'she was all alone now.'" She continued to read. "'Sources say that Ms. Alma never mentioned the father of her child.'"
"She died of breast cancer?" Erin asked. "But, that wouldn't explain why she said 'this is your fault' and 'you've done enough.'" She straightened her posture and walked around Abby's desk with her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, that was weird." Patty remembered.
"Maybe she WAS talking to us." Holtzmann suggested with uncertainty in her voice as she walked away from Yates' desk as well.
"I don't know. That was strange." Abby said, standing up from her chair. "We've gotta figure out where she went with Kevin's body."
"Mmm," Erin couldn't help but close her eyes and smile. "...nice body." She whispered. Her eyes shot open and she jumped when she heard a loud crash, as did Abby and Patty. They looked to see Holtzmann, near Kevin's desk, slamming his cup of pencils down on the wooden table. She grunted and looked right into Erin's confused eyes.
The awkward silence and the stares she received from all of her friends caused a lump to rise in Holtzmann's throat and she cleared it before speaking, when all of a sudden, an idea popped into her head. "I think I know where she went."
"Where?" Erin responded a little too quickly.
"She sounded like she was grieving for her tiny human, right?" Baby, she meant baby. "Or...whatever that feeling is of deep sadness and pity for another."
"Yeah." Abby nodded, wanting her to get to the point.
"Well," Jillian began to walk around while she talked, "...she would go somewhere to maybe see her daughter again, right? So, she could be in a place she would THINK her daughter was...even if she didn't know exactly where she was. But she would still try to go to a place she believed she was, even if she wasn't." She stopped and looked at the bewildered looks on their faces. "Right?" She asked with a grin.
"Um..." Erin seemed as though she were trying to figure it out in her head and she began to look like she was understanding some of Holtzmann's awkward speech. She nodded. "What?"
"You know..." The blonde strangely moved as if they should know what she was thinking.
"Holtzy, what are you sayin?'" Patty asked with a hint of frustration.
"I think she's trying to say that Mary Anne went somewhere to-"
Erin interrupted with an excited clap of her hands. "The orphanage!" She shouted and Jillian nodded, pointing at her.
"The orphanage." Abby agreed with a smile. "Holtzmann, you genius." She sat back down in her chair, looking up the city orphanages closest to Brooklyn.
"Well, I try." Holtz said in a bored tone.
"We may not find her exactly, but we can at least find out what orphanages she'd possibly be at and find out if she's there or not." Abigail smirked, loving the brains that ran this operation.
Knowing they couldn't visit the orphanages at three in the morning, the ladies stayed the night in the station and planned to look for Mary Anne the next day. As they finished setting up four areas on the first floor for them to sleep with as much padding as they could find around the building, Erin thought of something. "We should actually have night shifts."
"What?" Abby asked as she laid down.
"Yeah. Someone should do night shifts in case of a late night ghost emergency like this one. And we should put some beds in that extra room upstairs like the firemen did."
"That's actually a great idea." Patty agreed, then laying her head on her large duffel bag.
"What do you think?" Gilbert asked her highschool friend.
"Yeah. I think it's a brilliant idea." Yates responded, closing her eyes.
"What about you, Holtz? Would you be up for a few night shifts?" Erin turned to see the blonde already fast asleep in her spot, loud snores coming from her nose and she slightly shrugged, laying down in her own area on the cold floor. She stared up at the ceiling and thought about her dream and the shock of finding out how long Jillian's hair really was. Erin wondered why Holtzy didn't want anyone to know that small detail about herself, but she shrugged it off. She sighed and got more comfortable before closing her eyes and attempting to fall asleep.
When morning came, Erin awoke to find Abby and Patty were still sound asleep. She looked to the spot behind her, expecting to see Holtzmann still sleeping as well. She was wrong, the spot was empty and it was as if no one had even slept in that spot through the night. She quietly sat up and attempted to stand without waking the other two. After picking up her area, she set the small tarp that came with the station on top of her desk and tip-toed toward the stairs, knowing Holtz was probably up in her lab. When she reached the top step, she heard Holtz talking and wondered if it was to herself and she wouldn't be surprised if it were.
She peaked around the door to look in and see Holtz in the middle of a serious conversation on her cell phone. Erin didn't even know Holtz had a phone. "I just really hope we don't have to." Pause. "I know." Another pause. "Okay. Alright, well if we do. I'll, uh...I'll see you there then." Jill sighed. "Bye bye, Rebecca." She hung up the phone and let out an annoyed groan.
The brunette who stood outside the door saw Holtzmann heading toward the exit and she panicked, trying to make it look like she wasn't just eavesdropping. She turned around as if to go down the stairs, but changed her mind and decided to head to the other side of the door towards their lockers, but she was too late and she bumped right into Jillian. "Oh. Oh, sorry."
"Erin." The blonde nodded, refusing to look the taller woman in the eye and she walked passed her, heading down to the first floor.
Shocked at the woman's behavior, Erin stayed at the top of the stairs for a moment, remembering who Rebecca was. She was Holtzmann's mentor who helped Holtzy build their ghost containment unit. The one who had hair just as crazy as Jillian's. Unaware of what any of that conversation was about, she pinched the bridge of her nose, wondering what she was even doing and why Holtzmann had suddenly taken up such a big chunk of her thoughts. Sighing, she turned and followed the blonde down the stairs, minding her own business.
When they both reached the bottom of the staircase, both Patty and Abby had woken up and they all got ready to go out to the orphanages and search for Mary Anne/Kevin.
