I watched him walk into his office a look of hope on his face. I could tell he was scared of what the results were going to be. We all knew what the results were going to be. There was just no other explanation. We just had to face the facts. Jo was gone and she wasn't coming back. Everyone had accepted that fact except for PJ. I feel sorry for him. He doesn't deserve the pain. I know Jo was close to everyone here at the station and her death affected all of us. But PJ was the worst. He loved her more than life itself and he was determined to prove that she was still alive. I just wish he would accept it and move on. That was the best thing for everyone. Especially him.
I had decided to keep him company because he refused to come home until he knew the results of the tests.
"Ben check this out." He called from his office. The look on his face was confusing. I had never seen anything like it. Slowly I made my way towards his office and closed the door behind me.
"What?"
"Look." He thrust a piece of paper into my hand. The piece of paper that obviously contained the results of the DNA testing.
"This cant be right." I noticed that the results were nothing like we had expected.
"I told you." He cried, "I told you she wasn't dead!" He smiled enthusiastically.
"There's got to be some mistake." I re-read the sheet.
"There isn't Ben. Read it. DNA doesn't lie." For once he was actually right. The DNA from the remains definitely didn't match Jo's DNA. I didn't want to believe it. I know this sounds bad but I wish the DNA did match. Then things would be far less complicated. I didn't want to think about ti any more.
"Do they know who the DNA matches? If it isn't Jo then we should at least find out who it is so we can notify the family." I changed the subject.
"Well they're passing the results through the police data base now. If there's a match then they'll find it."
"The remains could belong to anyone." I told him.
"Anyone but Jo!" he smiled. "I have to find her. She's out there somewhere and I am going to find her." He started to head towards the door but I grabbed his arm.
"PJ don't!" I cried. "Just leave it. There is obviously a reason she doesn't want to be found."
"She's out there Ben. All alone. I have to find her. What if she's in some hospital somewhere and nobody knows who she is." He looked at me. I could tell by the look in his eyes he wasn't going to give up. "I'm going to find her Ben. It's up to you whether you help me or not." With that he grabbed the paper and headed out of the office. The only thing I could think about was, if they weren't Jo's remains from the fire, then who did they belong to?
PJI knew it. I knew she was still alive. I could feel her still. I could feel her heart beating with mine. I was going to find her. I didn't care how long it would take. There was no way I was giving up.
"I'll call the local hospitals and do a check. See if anyone was brought in with injuries consistent with the explosion." Ben told me. He was a great friend and I was glad he was helping me out. We were the only two who knew about the results. Everyone else was still under the belief that Jo was dead. But we had been proven wrong. The results were negative for Jo's DNA.
We still hadn't found out who the DNA actually belonged to but that wasn't my problem now. My focus was on finding Jo and nothing was going to stop me.
I knew that we had to tell Tom, but he was too preoccupied with Grace's disappearance. I was worried for him, like everyone else here, but I was also worried for Jo. If she wasn't dead then she had to be out there somewhere, probably on her own. It made me sick thinking about all the possible scenarios but that made me eve more determined to find out where she was.
I left the station knowing exactly where I was headed. Jeff and Bev's place. If they didn't know where Jo was then they'd sure as hell know someone who did.
When I arrived nobody answered the door the first time I rang the bell. So I stood there on the doorstep of their home ringing the doorbell and banging on the door. Eventually Jeff finally came to the door, dressed in a robe and looking very angry.
"PJ's what are you doing here at this hour?" He gave me a questioning look.
"I need to talk to you about Jo." He looked at me sincerely and grunted.
"What's there to say? She's dead."
"Well this proves otherwise." I held up the paper with the DNA results and handed it to Jeff.
"What's this?" He asked, still confused.
"The results for the DNA test they did on the remains." I gulped back tears. "They weren't Jo's remains, she is still alive."
"What are you on about?" I could tell he was hiding something. He knew that Jo was still alive.
"You knew didn't you. you knew she wasn't dead. Why are you hiding her from me?"
He sighed and closed his eyes.
"You'd better come in." He let me through the door and led me into the living room.
Well that's all I've got for now. there will be more soon. I hope you like the updates and changes. Reviews would be great thanks! Jess!
