Chapter 15
As Sue slowly drifted back off to sleep, the three men at her bedside stood with confused looks on their faces. None of them was sure of what they'd just heard. The nurse was the first to speak up.
"Ms. Thomas was clutching a cross necklace in her hand when she came in," she said frankly, looking from one man to another. The dark haired one the others called Jack approached her.
"Can we see it, please?" he asked softly. When she hesitated, he continued, "We are working on a missing persons case and it's possible this necklace belongs to the woman who is missing."
Bobby came up behind Jack adding, "The woman was an FBI agent, and we believed she was kidnapped. This may be the first clue we have to finding her." The nurse was clearly weighing her options.
"We're not supposed to turn over a patient's personal possessions to anyone without their permission," she stated quietly.
"Please," Jack pleaded, flashing one of his trademark smiles.
"Pfft!" the older woman wagged her finger at him unaffected. "If I get in trouble, I'm coming find you and beat you senseless. Do you understand me, young man?"
"Yes, ma'am," Jack agreed raising his hands in surrender. The woman moved to a small cabinet against the wall and removed a sack. Out of it she pulled a small bag, which she emptied onto a small table revealing the gold necklace Sue always wore and a cross necklace each of the men had also seen before. They recognized the necklace from the video outside the store the day Jordan disappeared.
"If Sue found the necklace at the house, it means Jordan was there some time between yesterday morning and when we arrived this afternoon." Bobby knew he was stating the obvious but he couldn't believe they were possibly getting a break in this case. The nurse watched in awe as the men sprung into action.
"Bobby, get an ERT over to the house and have them sweep it." The Aussie nodded and started out. "Be sure to tell them about the weak floor!" Jack called at Bobby's back as he fled out the door cell phone in hand. "D, I need you to take the necklace back to the lab. See if there is any DNA on it that can confirm that it is Jordan's."
D nodded, grabbing a tissue to place the necklace back into the small bag. "Are you staying here?"
"Yeah," Jack said simply. "I don't want her to wake up alone."
"Right." D agreed, making for the door.
"D call Myles," Jack stated sharply, causing his friend to turn and see the worried look in his eyes.
"Make sure he AND Tara stay with Tina tonight. Tell them not to let her out of their sight."
"You got it," D nodded in understanding, and then he was gone.