Chapter 4: Jane Valenti
The mysterious girl with no past arrived in the middle of the night. She didn't have much money on her just about sixty dollars that was in her jeans rolled up with the old newspaper clipping, lucky for her that it was enough to get her to Roswell and it paid for one night in the Tumble Weed Inn. Since she didn't know her first name or her last name for that matter she used the name the hospital gave her, Jane. They needed a last name for her to check in but she didn't know her last name and she didn't want anyone to call her Jane Doe anymore, therefore she decided to give herself a last name. She thought long and hard about it, when suddenly she has a flash; it was more of a partial memory of herself looking at a mail box. The only thing that she could remember is the last name Valenti.
That is why she signed her name as Jane Valenti. Since she only had enough money to stay for one night the manager, Kelli asked her if she wanted a job cleaning rooms, she accepted because she had nothing else. They didn't really take notice of how she signed in that night but the next day after she filled out the job application paperwork; they noticed it right away, and asked her about it.
After she handed in the paperwork, as she was turning to leave the manager said, "Hey, Jane wait."
She turned at the last minute and said, "What did I forget to fill out something on the form?"
"Oh, no nothing like that, I just noticed that on the form you filled out you wrote that your last name is Valenti, yes?"
"Yea, that's me why is there a problem?"
"Oh, no it's just that I know Jim Valenti and his son Kyle are you related to them?"
When she heard Kyle's name it sparked something in her, it felt as if it was a name that she should know. Sadly she shook her head disappointed once again.
Then she said, "I don't know because I don't remember much of my past. Do they live in here in town?"
The manager said, "Yes, well at least Jim does but his son left almost over a year ago, no one has seen or heard from him since. It was quite shocking to be told and there was some speculation that he ran off with Isabel, who was a married woman at the time but I'm not one to gossip. If you want to see Jim, he's the sheriff; he should be in his office at the station. I could give you a ride into town in the morning if you want?"
"Sure that would be nice. I just know that I was here in this town before. Do I look familiar to you?"
"No, sorry you don't look familiar to me but I only recently came back to town, I used to live here but a few years ago I left tried to make in Hollywood as an actress. I guess that I couldn't hack it too bad it took me a few failed years in Hollywood to realize that. I only came back a few months after Kyle left and I was quite surprised because he seemed like the small town type. I mean I thought he would live in Roswell his whole life. I was a few years ahead of him in school but when I left he told me that nothing could be out there that wasn't already here. That's why it surprised me so much when I heard he left but I will help you to figure out what happened to you, I know what's like to be lost ok?"
"Thanks Kelli, it's nice to know that I have at least one friend here."
With that Jane walked off towards her room. She knew that even though Kyle wasn't here but hopefully his dad held some answers that she was seeking. She would take Kelli up on her offer for a ride into town in the morning. The next morning "Jane" had Kelli drop her off at the sheriff station and told her that she would call her later to pick her up if should couldn't find a ride back to the Inn. Even though Jim was the sheriff again, that didn't mean he wasn't still looking on the horizon for any sign of his son and the other children that left Roswell. As they drove through town the following morning, nothing seemed to spark her memories at all. She didn't run into anyone that recognized her yet.
There was a knock on the sheriff's door that startled him out of his thoughts. His deputy said, "Sir there's a girl here to see you, she said her name's Jane Valenti, do you want me to let her in?"
Jim thought about it for a moment, and he thought that maybe it was some lost relative that was trying to look him up. So he told the deputy to show her in. He was so shocked when Tess walked in the door; it almost gave him a heart attack because he thought she was dead.