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cheer her up. I told him to stop.” Eli took another sniff at his hand. “Why are you here, Tom?”
    “I had an hour for dinner, so I decided to check up on the Jane Doe before grabbing a bite to eat.” Tom turned to the nurse and smiled. “And to say hi to Dorothy here. Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping?”
    Tom leaned down whispered something to the nurse, chuckled, and then straightened up. He looked at Eli and shook his head.
    “Just checking in on Jane.” Eli eyed the man before walking away. He didn’t want to admit to Tom that he was losing more sleep since Jane had been found.
    “Well, that’s ironic how Harold happened to be here when Jane Doe woke up. He usually doesn’t give a shit about anyone but himself,” Tom said.
    “I told him that he can’t visit her until this investigation until I say it’s okay.”
    “What did he say?”
    “He’s pissed and called me an asshole.” Elias smiled. He panned a look around the hall. “We need to keep a steady eye on that guy, he’s bound to do something stupid. I know him too well.”
    Tom agreed. “By the way, we got the results back of the blood and soil samples. They rushed it. The results are on your desk.”              
    “And?”
    “The blood, hair, and fabric piece from the shirt confirms that all of it belongs to Jane Doe. They had put her picture and prints through the WIMEC database for missing person and came up with nothing. Now they are being sent through the national system. Hopefully if she is in the data base, we will get a hit on who Jane really is,” Tom said.
    “I hope we didn’t miss anything.” Eli raked his fingers through his hair.
    “It’s been a week, Chief. Any evidence not found is probably gone now. CLS and I went through every dirt granule out there. I assure you, there’s nothing left.” Tom folded his arms across his chest.
    “I hope you’re right, but I’ll keep checking the lake, just in case. I swear, that day, Harold was acting funny. And Traitor was jumping out of his collar.”
    “Funny, how?”
    “Almost paranoid.”
    Tom looked at his watch. “Well, he is a freak. It’s nearly one and almost past my dinner,” the deputy countered. “Right now, I’m hungry,” he said, looking back over his shoulder, checking out the nurse.
    Elias eyed Tom with a smirk. “I’ll see you later.”
    “Ten-four.” Tom saluted. He cast a Cheshire grin, then walked off without another word.
    Elias took off his coat as he entered the room and almost bumped into Magda who stood inside.
    He cleared his throat, and took off his hat. “Miss Magda.” His eyes stayed trained on Jane.
    Magda turned around and placed her hand on his arm. “She is resting now. Amy and Mary cleaned her up and redressed her. Dr. Rollins said she is fine. There is nothing to worry about for now.” She patted his forearm. “You need to wash those things as soon as you get home.”
    “I know.” Elias rubbed his jaw and continued. “I have to say that for a woman who went through hell and back, she has a powerful right hook. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen or felt it myself.”             
    Magda wasn’t smiling when she ushered Eli back out the door. He knew something serious was about to be said and braced for it.
    “Dr. Rollins wants to restrain her for that reason,” she said quietly. Her Southern tone was slightly off rhythm. There was worry in her words.
    “Why?” Eli’s teeth grounded together. Yelling wasn’t the answer. “What’s the reason?”
    “What if this happens again? He feels that she might hurt herself and the nurses. Elias, you know he’s right. Look what happened tonight. What if she punched me? I for one couldn’t take a hit like that.”
    He raked his fingers through his hair. “I don’t like it—Damn it.”              
    “Elias James McAvoy.” Her lip pursed together. She became silent.
    Her look spoke volumes and Eli got