Jessica woke up the next morning. She rolled over and seen Jason laying beside her. She realized she didn't have the same feelings for him that he did for her. She cared for him but after deciding to help Lincoln she realized that she could never have feelings for another man that wasn't Lincoln. She got up slowly so she didn't wake him and made her way through the apartment to the kitchen. She started a pot of coffee and made her way to the bathroom to get a shower. She happened to glance down at her phone and seen she had a missed call. She called her voicemail. It was from a doctor at the prison. Michael was in an accident and lost a toe. The doctor said she didn't think it was an accident but she couldn't prove anything. Jessica decided to skip her shower and got dressed and grabbed her coffee and made her way to the prison.
Jessica watched as Michael limped his way in to see her. She watched as he limped over to the table she was sitting at. "Who did this?" she asked as he sat down beside her. "I'm OK." he said looking at her. She rolled her eyes. "Your doctor called me last night." she confessed to him. "She says that she doesn't think it was an accident." Michael looked at her in surprise. "Sara called you?" he asked her confused. "Dr. Tancredi called me yes." she said to him humorlessly. "What happened?" Michael rolled his eyes. "She shouldn't have called you. I'm fine." he said to her. "They got to you didn't they? The other prisoners? They are going to kill you here don't you understand?" she asked trying to get him to see the severity of this. "Veronica said you talked to a woman who?" he asked her changing the subject. She sighed before answering him. "Latoya" She gets cut off. "Latoya Barrison." Michael said with a smirk. "Yeah. How did you know that?" Jessica asked him. "A year ago I was doing the same thing you're doing trying to figure out the truth. But it's a bottomless pit Jess. They made it that way so by the time you got to the end Lincoln would already be dead." he said to her. "Why haven't you told anyone this?" she asked him. "Once that date was set and the final appeal got denied he had sixty days to live. So what's the point. I can take matters into my own hands. "You don't have to do this. Latoya knows something I can tell. She always watches around her like she's afraid of something. Veronica can reopen Lincoln's case. We can figure this out." she said to him reassuringly. "What did she tell you?" he asked curiously. "She said she thinks she knows who was behind the death of Terrance Steadman. But she got spooked and took off from us. I'll track her down and get more from her." She said before the buzzer rang stating that time was up. "I'm going to have a good chat with her this afternoon." She said to him standing up. "That place is dangerous. Take someone with you." he said to her knowing that if something happened to her Lincoln would go crazy. "Oh really like who?" she asked laughing at him. "Well your partner for starters. I know he wouldn't want anything to happen to you." She looked down at the floor guiltily before looking back up at him. "It'll be OK. I'm a big girl carry my own gun and everything." she joked as she leaned in and gave him a hug. "It's good to see you." Michael said as he hugged her back. "It's good to see you too." she said pulling back. She just happened to look over his shoulder and made eye contact with Lincoln. He was being led back in through the yard. She couldn't take her eyes off him as he stood there staring at her with those eyes that she loved so much. She broke eye contact and made her way out of the prison.
She made her way to her car and checked her phone. She seen that she had a couple missed calls. She seen they were from Jason but decided not to call him back. She heard her phone beep and seen it was the prison. Confused she answered. "Hello?" Jessica asked confused. "Miss Donovan? This is Warden Pope. Are you still on the grounds?" he asked her. "Yes. I was getting ready to leave but what can I do for you?" she asked him. "Can you come up to my office there is something I want to talk to you about." She sighed before answering. "Yeah sure I'll be right up." she said hanging up the phone and making her way back in the prison.
"Miss Donovan it's a pleasure to meet you." Warden Pope said reaching out to shake her hand. "It's a pleasure too sir." she said politely shaking his hand. "What can I do for you today?" she asked sitting down. "I just spoke with your ex husband Lincoln Burrows. It worries me that he doesn't want anyone here at his final moments." he said to her. She became uncomfortable talking about Lincoln. "I'm sorry Warden but what does this have to do with me? We're divorced and haven't spoken in about two years I don't know how I can be of any help." she said not wanting to talk about Lincoln. "But you were married for five years if I'm not mistaken." he said to her. "Four and a half years actually." she retorted back. "So long enough to have a connection. I've been doing this for a long time. I've come to care for some of the inmates Lincoln included. I know it would do a lot of good you were to talk to him. I can arrange something to where you can meet him in his cell." he throw out there to her. Jessica was at a loss of words. She stood up instantly. "I'm sorry but I can't. I'm sorry that Lincoln is going to be alone through all of this but if that's what he wants who are we to say anything." She backed up to the door. "I'm sorry but I have to go." she left the room and made her way back out of the prison. Before she made it she bumped into someone. "Oh I am so sorry. I've been having a bad day." she said helping the person up. She looked at the woman's nametag. She looked and seen the woman was wearing a scrub jacket. "Oh hey. You're Dr Tancredi right?" she asked her. Sara nodded in response. "Yea I am." she said not sure who it was she bumped into. "Oh sorry. I'm Jessica Donovan; Michael's friend that you called." she clarified. "Oh yes of course hi! It's finally good to place a face with a voice." Sara said jokingly. "Yea. I'm sorry to cut this short but I really have to go but we should keep in touch. I want to know how Michael is doing." she said as she rushed out of the hall and back to her car.
Veronica waved as she spotted Jessica coming toward her. "So this is it?" Jess asked looking at the apartment building. "Yup." Veronica said pushing the buzzer to be let in. A woman opened the door. "Hi we're looking for Latoya Barrison." Veronica said to the woman. The woman pointed up the stairs. "Thank you." Jessica said as they made their way up the stairs. The came to her apartment door and seen it was cracked. Veronica looked to Jess as she pulled out her gun. Jessica gave her a nod to proceed so she opened the door. "Hello?" Veronica called out. Jessica moved slowly beside her with her gun still drawn. Just then someone came out from behind the corner and pointed a gun at Veronica.
"Drop the gun." Jessica said to Latoya as she still had it pointed at Veronica. "Take it easy." Jess said. "You think I don't know you both are working for them. I heard the clicks on my phone. I know I'm being followed." she said not lowering the gun. "I know you're scared." Jessica said trying to talk her down. "But you have to put the gun down." Latoya finally put the gun down and turned to her bag on the chair. "Are you going somewhere?" Veronica asked noticing the bag. "It doesn't matter." Latoya said. "Yes it does matter. You need to step up and do the right thing. If you know something you need to tell someone who can help you. If you need protection I can protect you." Jessica ranted to her. "You can't protect me no one can. That's why I have to get out of here." She said throwing stuff in her bag. "Latoya please go with Veronica she can take your statement and then I personally will take you to the airport and you can disappear." Jess said hoping that she would go for that. "Are you really a good detective?" she asked Jessica who nodded in response. "Yes I am. You can trust us." Jessica said to her. "Fine. I'll go but I'm not staying too long." she told them. "That's OK. You're going to be going with Veronica and I will meet you there after I get things done at the station." Jessica said heading for the door.
Jessica pulled into the parking lot. She was late. She had a meeting with LJ and his parole officer. She made a special recommendation to the court. She knew LJ wasn't a bad kid he was just having a hard time dealing with his father and uncle being in prison. "Sorry I'm late." she said as she walked into the office. LJ and Lisa were already sitting there talking to the woman. "That's OK." she said. "I was just starting to go over everything with them." she said pulling out his file. "You don't have any priors. This is your first offense. And with Detective Donovan's recommendation all you have to complete is 90 hours of community service. And I'm also ordering you to the Guidance Program at the prison. You will have a mentor who will talk you through all the consequences of your actions." Jessica looked surprised. "Wait a minute." she said stopping the woman from going on. "Why does he have to do the guidance program. I thought all he was going to get was the community service. LJ is a good and smart kid. So what he made a mistake. He shouldn't have to go to that place." Jessica said defending LJ. LJ smiled up at her and grabbed her hand. Lisa saw the act and got defensive. "Jessica may I have a word with you in private?" she asked standing up. "Yes. Sure." she said following Lisa out into the hallway. Jessica shut the door behind her and looked up and faced Lisa. "I appreciate everything that you have done for LJ. But you are not his mother. You walked away from him and Lincoln a long time ago." Jessica looked at Lisa and opened her mouth. "Lisa..I-" she got cut off. "No. I am talking." she snapped stepping closer to Jessica. "I held that boy when he cried for days when you left his father. Do you have any idea how that made me feel? I am his mother and he's more upset about you and Lincoln getting a divorce. He thought it was somehow his fault. You need to back off. He is my son not yours." Lisa said to her before she walked back into the office.
After the meeting Jessica made her way back down to her desk. She sat down and started working on an assignment that got put on her desk. It was a warrant that was issued for a no show for a court hearing. She logged in her computer and started searching the guy. She looked up and seen a man talk to the front desk. He looked familiar but didn't think anything of it as she went back to her work. "Miss Donovan?" she heard someone say her name and looked up. There was the man from Trish's office last week. "Yeah who is asking?" she asked clicking her screen off. He pulled out a badge. "Special Agent Paul Kellerman. I need to have a word with you." She stood up and grabbed his badge from his hand and looked at it. Jason walked over overhearing that FBI wanted to talk to his girlfriend. "Hey is everything OK?" he asked concerned. "This doesn't concern you. I only need to have a word with Jessica." Paul said getting an attitude. "Well do you have a warrant? Because she doesn't have to say anything to you without one?" Jason said getting angry. "Its OK Jason." Jessica informed him. She looked to Paul. "You can follow me." she said moving from her desk and heading to a back room. She lead him inside and shut the door behind her. "What's this about?" she asked already having an idea. "It has come to our attention that you have done some digging in the Burrow's case." He stepped closer to her. "It would be in your best interest if you quit. You are treading on dangerous waters. If you don't quit someone could get hurt. You and your sister both need to give up Burrow's is good as dead." she looked up at him looking unaffected by his threat. "You're not FBI are you?" she asked him. "I am FBI. I can also make someone disappear without a trace. You best remember that." he said before moving away from her and going out the door. She was finally able to let out the breathe she was holding in while he was threatening her. A fellow officer knocked on the door startling her. "Jessica you have a phone call its your sister." she said moving away and going back to what she was doing. Jessica made her way out of the room and over to her desk to take the call. "Yeah?" Jess said into the phone. "I tried calling your cell but you didn't answer." Veronica said to Jess. Jess looked across her desk and seen her phone flash with notifications. "It was on my desk what's up." she said wanting Veronica to get to the point. "Latoya is missing." Veronica said stressfully into the phone. Jessica paused in shock. "What do you mean missing?" she asked rhetorically. "They took her. She went to go smoke and didn't come back. Some FBI guy showed up and threatened me. Jess what do we do now?" Veronica asked her scared. Jessica sighed trying not to let herself freak out. But she knew she got Veronica involved in something dangerous. "I don't know V. I don't know." she said softly into the phone.
