Mickey and Smithy walked into the hospital both deep in thought. They approached the room which was still being guarded by two officers and went in.
Anna was lying back in the bed still looking quite weak but slightly better than she had before
"Hi again Anna" Mickey said as he and Smithy sat down on the chairs next to the bed
"Hi" she said wincing slightly as she adjusted her body "I haven't remembered anything else"
"That's ok, we've been doing some investigating and we've had some leads" Smithy said gently as he showed her the CCTV stills "Do you know who this man is?"
"No…" Anna said quickly and Mickey could have sworn he saw a glimmer of recognition in her face as she studied the photos
"Are you sure because it's really important we find out who did this to you" Mickey said shooting a knowing look at Smithy
"I can't…" Anna said writhing in pain
"Take it easy" Smithy said gently helping her lie back on the bed "You're still quite weak"
"Are you ok to carry on?" Mickey asked as she lay back on the pillow breathing heavily and she nodded "So let's go over what we know already, you said you were out, where did you go?"
"There's a bar on Canley high street…I can't remember what it's called"
"Were you with anyone?"
"No….I don't think so" she said frowning in thought
"So after you left you went straight home"
"Yeah…." Anna said slowly
"Do you remember anything after that?"
"No, I'm sorry it's sort of a blur after that" she said letting out a small sob
"It's ok" Mickey said gently
Just then Smithy's phone vibrated in his pocket and he made his excuses and stepped out of the room
"Guv?" he said reading the caller ID
"Smithy look we've found out some more about Anna. We looked at her bank statement and a large amount of cash was withdrawn two days ago"
"How much?"
"Two thousand" and Smithy gave a low whistle
"Ok thanks Guv we'll ask her about it"
Smithy walked back into the room and saw that Anna had calmed down more since he'd left
"Anna, look we've been through your bank records and we've found out about the withdrawn cash"
"I think you have an idea who did this to you" Mickey said gently
"I told you I don't know" Anna said quickly and firmly but the officers could see a look of doubt in her eyes
"What about your brother?" Smithy said suddenly
"What?" she said looking confused
"Does he know what's happened? I just thought since he's your only family you've got around he should know"
"No" Anna nearly shouted
"Anna do you want to tell us what's going on?"
"I can't" she grimaced
"We can help you" Mickey soothed
"What like last time you mean?. The police promised they'd look after us after our parents died. But all they did was shove us with foster parents who couldn't give less of a dam about us, they screwed us up big time, so if you believe that I'm going to let me help you then you've got another thing coming" she said defiantly
"We know about Jake" Smithy said softly
"You know nothing" Anna said turning her head away from he officers
"We know about the GBH charge…"
"Then you'll know to leave it alone" Anna said turning her head back to the officers and they could see tears rolling down her face "Please…" she begged "Just leave me alone
"Anna we can't do that" Mickey said gently
"All we need is a name" Smithy said
Anna paused for a moment before saying "How do I know I can trust you?"
"You have our word" they said almost in perfect unison
"This is all I'm saying….Jake has friends, dangerous friends" she said pointing to the man in the photo
"Did he do this to you?" Smithy said
"Is he blackmailing you?" Mickey asked
"He knows things. Look there are things that people keep hidden from the world and with good reason. This is one of them" she said softly and the officers looked at Anna and wondered how many secrets her world could hold