Chapter 4
Laura stood staring at Scott for a moment. She was not sure what to say to him. "Come on Laura, think," she thought to herself.
"I asked you a question," Scott repeated "What are you doing here? Who are you anyway?"
Laura breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that Scott didn't recognize her. "I'm just cleaning up in here. These basements get so dusty don't they?" she said changing her voice as much as possible.
"So you work here?"
"Unfortunately I do," Laura said with a sigh. "I'd rather be a nurse, but I ain't got enough education."
"No kidding," Scott muttered to himself. He couldn't believe this woman's bad grammar. "So what's your name?"
Laura glanced around the room. Her eyes fixed on a door in the back of the room. It was a janitor's closet. "My name's Jan," she wiped her hand on her jeans and held it out to him.
Scott shook her hand like he thought it was really dirty.
"Excuse me I have got to get back to work," Laura said walking to the janitor's closet and pulling out a feather duster. She grabbed a pale blue smock off a hook inside the door and put it on.
She walked back into the room Scott was in and started lightly dusting here and there. She made her way back to where she had laid Theresa Carter's file. She turned her back to Scott and pretended to be dusting while she slipped the file under the smock with her other hand.
"Well this room is done," she said heading for the door. "It was nice to meet you, Mr. um…"
"Baldwin. Scott Baldwin."
"Nice the meet you Mr. Baldwin," she said. She walked out the door and walked slowly to the stairs. When she reached them, she looked behind her to make sure that Scott wasn't following her. He was no where in sight so she ran up the stairs and made her way out of the hospital.
Meanwhile back in the records room, Scott was going through the file cabinet. He had looked through the same drawer three times, but Theresa's file was no where in sight. "I have to find that file," Scott said to himself. "I have to find Theresa's sister before Luke and Laura do."