Chapter six
Crazy in the eyes
Julianne lifted her head from mid conversation, "A what?" Her eyes looked nervous, she couldn't believe what Charlie just said.
"Arrested, for three counts of murder," He kept looking to the team, "She was in a Maximum security prison in Miami, but was transferred to Cherry Hill in Illinois," He exhaled.
"Now, it's just a matter of finding her," Elizabeth kept serious, she helped find one convict, now it was time to catch a second.
Erica getting to her feet, kept looking to Charlie, "Well," Her hands going into her pocket, "When did she escape?"
Ray got to his feet, "She'd been out for the past seven hours," He inhaled, "Killed two guards, one is in serious condition at the hospital," He now turned to face Charlie.
Charlie inhaled, "well, Ray you can take Erica and Shea to the hospital," He kept standing tall, "Lloyd will be here, getting a evaluation on her."
For a second Ray was lost, his eyes kept searching over Charlie, "What are you going to be doing?"
Charlie kept serious, but something behind his eyes, "I need to do some stuff," He then turned to look at Julianne, "you'll be okay alone with Lloyd?"
"Hello, won't be alone," Elizabeth waved her hand, "I am right here," she continued.
Charlie nodded, "well, yes," He rubbed his hands into his pockets. "Ray, you're going to take the rains on this one."
Ray kept completely still for a few seconds, "Wait, hold it, hold it, hold it!" He felt his voice rough, confused. "We need to talk." He pointed to the office following Charlie in, closing the door making sure no one can hear. "What's up?"
"It's nothing serious," Charlie started, for a moment looking outside the office door, "I've got to have some tests run, meant to for a while," he then crossed his arms, "It's nothing serious, but I need you to keep this between us. Can you do that?"
"Yeah, I'll do that," Ray kept a calm stance, he didn't want to show that he was worried, his hands going from his pocket to fold over mimicking Ray, "so, I better get moving." He pointed to the door, the awkward moment starting to linger.
"Yeah," He now focused, "also, you might have been right about Elizabeth," He lightly smiled.
Ray laughed, "I'm always right," He walked out the office closing the door behind himself, "Right Erica, Shea, we're moving out." He walked towards the door, turning back to see Julianne, "We'll get that coffee later, so you can tell me what you wanted to." He smiled leaving.
Lloyd kept looking over the medical files; he knew he wasn't meant to be reading, so he wasn't going to tell. For a moment from his desk, he glanced over to Julianne's. She was playing with her blue scarf; he knew they were like her own personal safety blanket. Her fingers playing with the soft cotton fabric, her eyes focused on her screen.
Part of Lloyd wondered if she called Eric, he kept thinking what this guy looked like, spent three weeks thinking of nothing but who Eric could be? What was he like with woman? It made his head hurt while taking in the fact, it was just a number on a napkin. Slowly moving his sights back to the folder, he kept looking over it, it was like a novel, it all seemed believable on print, but something wasn't connecting.
"Here," Elizabeth said making him jump.
"What the…?" Lloyd slowly glanced to Elizabeth, exhaled, "you know, creeping up on people isn't that nice." He placed his hands onto the table, his eyes focused on hers.
Elizabeth brushed her hair behind her shoulder, "I wanted to give you this," She placed the coffee down, "also this," she was holding a black folder; she'd printed it all out. "Might be more useful."
Lloyd glanced over the coffee, "Okay, now I am confused," He kept looking to the coffee, and then placing a hand on the folder.
"What can't I show a random act of kindness?" Elizabeth shook her head, "I did my own research, come up with this," she tapped the folder also. "Have fun." She turned walking back to her desk.
Julianne glanced up from her desk to see the moment between Elizabeth and Lloyd; she exhaled slowly playing with her pencil. Her eyes going from Lloyd, she couldn't believe it, well she could believe it. He was a convict, a convict staring right at her sister's ass. "Jesus Christ Lloyd…" she muttered under her breath.
"You say something Julianne?" Lloyd's attention was on her face, feeling the brief moment of panic, Julianne got to her feet, "I just need to," she quickly rushed away feeling her cheeks flushing over pink.
Elizabeth glanced from her desk, looking to Lloyd quickly, "Guess, she's a little jittery today."
Gretchen stood by the wall; she wasn't new to being on the run. She'd been running most of her adult life; she wasn't going to be making a sob story of it either. Her hand brushing into her hair, glancing down to her prison issued clothes, the fact she needed to get as far away from the hospital as possible.
The fact she broke from the hospital, she now glanced down to her stomach, her hands going over the fresh scar. Paying another inmate to dangerously stab her, it wasn't the best things in the world, but it got her a trip to the hospital, escape, now she had to find clothes.
Inhaling deep, she pushed herself away from the wall, her eyes on the houses, quickly walking to the door, making sure not to be seen, she opened the backdoor quickly, slipping inside. For a second the house look neat, for a second reminding her of her home as a child. Remember this wasn't the time for reminiscing, she made her way to the bedroom, rushing about the closet, finding clothes, her eyes slowly went down to a little girl, she had shoulder length blonde hair, her big brown eyes staring at Gretchen, for a second Gretchen kept completely still. Then with a finger to her lips she made a quick shh noise.
The girl blinked, "Mommy!"
A woman in the bathroom, just finished bathing her child, she quickly rushed to her daughter's cried, getting to her, she lifted her up into her arms, "What sweetie?" her voice soothing, she glanced into her empty bedroom.
"Lady…" The girl's voice so small, the woman kept looking, suddenly noticing the open window, she gasped.
Julianne kept her eye on Elizabeth, getting to her feet she stretched, "anyone want a sandwich?" Her question was open to the room, the fact she'd been trying to figure if Gretchen had been spotted anywhere, but the woman was good at keeping hidden. Her hand brushed through her hair.
Lloyd glanced up from the file he'd been reading in depth, "Sandwich, you buying?" he broke into a smile, his eyes keeping on her face, the one thing he picked up on Elizabeth was she kept a front. He didn't know what she was guarding, but it was something he'd figure out.
Julianne rolled her eyes, "you need a ride to Subway?" her voice soft, but knew that she couldn't leave Lloyd alone, for a second side glanced to him. The fact she'd been watching Lloyd studying over what Elizabeth gave her.
"No, I think I can use the two legs I have, to walk the seven blocks to Subway," Elizabeth nodded, "also, my treat." Her eyes narrowed on Lloyd, "so what do you want?"
Lloyd leant back on his chair, "Hmm," He thought about it, plus the fact the chance of eating anything that wasn't prison food, it was a treat, "I'll have turkey, no mayo, oh, can you have iceberg lettuce, tomatoes," He kept thinking, "Oh, and coke, I haven't had a coke in a long time…" He rested his hands behind his head smiling in excitement.
"Okay," Elizabeth turned to Julianne, "normal?"
"Normal," Julianne kept still on her chair, "I'll see you when you get back, be careful." She half stood watching Elizabeth grabbing her jacket.
Elizabeth exhaled, "Okay mom," grabbing her bag, she glanced to Lloyd, "Hope my information helped you out." Her head nodded before walking to the exit.
"What did she give you?" Julianne moved from her desk, but wasn't so quick to get to Lloyd's, her hands kept by her side while walking slow.
The fact Lloyd's full attention was now on Julianne, he kept himself confident, he knew that it was the best way to keep her relaxed, so he brushed a hand into his hair. "It was something she got," He smirked, "she found a thing," He glanced down to the folder, "Gretchen Morgan is a very psychotic woman, she's very…" He inhaled, "A little scary."
"Oh," Julianne now rested against the desk, "Do you think she'll…"
"Kill?" Lloyd now looked to the file, "I don't think she kills for the thrill, she's doing for survival." He now brushed his hand down on the desk, "The fact she was denied from special operatives, for her sociopathic tendencies, mental issues…" He glanced over the look on Julianne's face, it looked horror stricken. "Yeah, she's a ticking time bomb, but it's a matter of what she wants." He kept looking over the file, "She was found in a prison escape," he glanced through it, "The inmate to escape was Doctor Sara Tancredi, awaiting trial for first Degree murder." He inhaled, "Now this is a case of lots of layers…"
Julianne kept looking over his shoulder, "Sara Tancredi, wasn't she on the news for aiding the Fox River eight escape?" Her eyes were going over the photo in the file, her hands going to her waist.
Lloyd nodded, "I read everything I could on it," He inhaled, "one of the most planned Prison escapes," He glanced to Julianne, "Michael Scofield was a genius, man if I could have had a conversation with him…"
"Why can't you?" Julianne kept watching Lloyd's face, she felt more relaxed hearing Lloyd speaking with such passion.
Inhaling slowly, Lloyd glanced over Julianne's face, his eyes falling. "He passed away, he died with the escape of Sara." He now glanced over the file again, "He brought the Company down…." He then glanced to the file, "I think I might know where she's heading…" He quickly rushed to the phone, turning to look over Julianne, "you are so helpful!" he touched her face kissing her cheek quick before rushing away.
Julianne kept still for a few moments, her hand touching the spot where Lloyd's lips where, she slowly smiled to herself looking to where Lloyd was now talking on the phone.