Chapter 13:
„We need to find them – as soon as possible."
Jack stated after Andrea's nurse had left his office. Sam was still in her thoughts she had earlier in which Jack had interrupted her.
"Why did he do this? Why didn't he tell us anything about it?"
"To protect Andrea."
"Oh, come on, Jack. That the nurse didn't know it any better – that's okay – but Danny? Who is supposed to protect a witness better than FBI?"
Sam had almost looked amused by Jack's answer and he was fully getting her argumentation.
"Sam, if somebody can break into a private, closed, mental institution with such an amount of security measure without being discovered or even seen, don't you think they can also find a witness being protected by the FBI?"
Sam hesitated, she hadn't really thought about this side of the situation by now.
"We are a public authority, Sam, we leave traces – forcefully. Our actions are duplicatable because we are forced to documentate what we do. You just have to find someone who is good enough to break into the intern net of FBI – and god knows these people exist – to find someone. Maybe she wouldn't have been safe here."
"Chances that something would've happened to her under the protection of FBI are much lower than that something will happen to her out there. He endangered her life by deciding like this. Hers and his own, too!"
Although Sam seemed to be mostly furious, he knew she was deeply concerned about Danny in first place.
"I know that too. But if this was about the safety of your family, would you give the security of a loved one into another persons' hands, would you give away control, if you couldn't be a hundred percent sure that this person can be protected and nothing will happen to her?"
"No, probably not..."
She finally gave in, but Jack hadn't finished his work of persuasion by now.
"And as an aggravating thing, there is the fact of Andrea being a very special case. There is a reason why she has a female nurse and doctor. She won't allow any man near herself. She didn't even allow Danny – her own brother – to get close to her for over a year and a half. She doesn't because she wouldn't trust anyone. Even the bunch of people she has learned to trust in again is extremly limited. Even if we had wanted to protect her, I hardly believe she would've given us the chance to do so."
Sam still seemed sceptical.
"So what? You wanna tell me you think it's okay what he has done?"
It sounded more like an offence than a question.
"Of course not. I just say I can understand it. but you're right: he probably endangered Andrea more with this than he would if he would've told us and asked for help. And that's why we have to find them before somebody else does.The only problem is, that we have no idea where we should search for them. And there is no one who would be willing to help us."
Sam tried a smile and Jack asked himself why she did so, what it meant.
"If we can't find them, though we have all this abilities and possibilities, maybe it wasn't that wrong Danny took her with him. He has an invaluable advantage..."
"He knows how to search for someone, how to find someone."
Jack finished the sentence for her.
"And cause of that he knows what he isn't allowed to do, if he doesn't want to be found. He's good in doing his job, Jack. And – believe me – if he doesn't want to be found, we won't find him anyway."
Sam brought the thought to an end.
"The only still important question is : if we can't, does it automatically mean, these people who are prosecuting Andrea can't, too?"
He could see by the expression on Sam's face, that she wasn't sure about this, and complete certainity was something that had absolute priority in this case.
"Maybe we should talk to Erika once again, confront her with the things we found out. Maybe she breaks in, maybe she tells us what she knows."
„We need to find them – as soon as possible."
Jack stated after Andrea's nurse had left his office. Sam was still in her thoughts she had earlier in which Jack had interrupted her.
"Why did he do this? Why didn't he tell us anything about it?"
"To protect Andrea."
"Oh, come on, Jack. That the nurse didn't know it any better – that's okay – but Danny? Who is supposed to protect a witness better than FBI?"
Sam had almost looked amused by Jack's answer and he was fully getting her argumentation.
"Sam, if somebody can break into a private, closed, mental institution with such an amount of security measure without being discovered or even seen, don't you think they can also find a witness being protected by the FBI?"
Sam hesitated, she hadn't really thought about this side of the situation by now.
"We are a public authority, Sam, we leave traces – forcefully. Our actions are duplicatable because we are forced to documentate what we do. You just have to find someone who is good enough to break into the intern net of FBI – and god knows these people exist – to find someone. Maybe she wouldn't have been safe here."
"Chances that something would've happened to her under the protection of FBI are much lower than that something will happen to her out there. He endangered her life by deciding like this. Hers and his own, too!"
Although Sam seemed to be mostly furious, he knew she was deeply concerned about Danny in first place.
"I know that too. But if this was about the safety of your family, would you give the security of a loved one into another persons' hands, would you give away control, if you couldn't be a hundred percent sure that this person can be protected and nothing will happen to her?"
"No, probably not..."
She finally gave in, but Jack hadn't finished his work of persuasion by now.
"And as an aggravating thing, there is the fact of Andrea being a very special case. There is a reason why she has a female nurse and doctor. She won't allow any man near herself. She didn't even allow Danny – her own brother – to get close to her for over a year and a half. She doesn't because she wouldn't trust anyone. Even the bunch of people she has learned to trust in again is extremly limited. Even if we had wanted to protect her, I hardly believe she would've given us the chance to do so."
Sam still seemed sceptical.
"So what? You wanna tell me you think it's okay what he has done?"
It sounded more like an offence than a question.
"Of course not. I just say I can understand it. but you're right: he probably endangered Andrea more with this than he would if he would've told us and asked for help. And that's why we have to find them before somebody else does.The only problem is, that we have no idea where we should search for them. And there is no one who would be willing to help us."
Sam tried a smile and Jack asked himself why she did so, what it meant.
"If we can't find them, though we have all this abilities and possibilities, maybe it wasn't that wrong Danny took her with him. He has an invaluable advantage..."
"He knows how to search for someone, how to find someone."
Jack finished the sentence for her.
"And cause of that he knows what he isn't allowed to do, if he doesn't want to be found. He's good in doing his job, Jack. And – believe me – if he doesn't want to be found, we won't find him anyway."
Sam brought the thought to an end.
"The only still important question is : if we can't, does it automatically mean, these people who are prosecuting Andrea can't, too?"
He could see by the expression on Sam's face, that she wasn't sure about this, and complete certainity was something that had absolute priority in this case.
"Maybe we should talk to Erika once again, confront her with the things we found out. Maybe she breaks in, maybe she tells us what she knows."