Among the Stars (Shidge AU) [Book 2]

Chapter Thirty-Six

"What do you mean it's Katie?" The nurse asked.

"It's Katie! I remember now!" Katie told her confidently.

"Do you know your last name?" The nurse asked.

"I... no..." She sighed as she looked back down at the hospital bed.

There was a long pause before the nurse hesitantly asked, "...does the name Holt ring a bell?"

Katie looked up at her. Yeah, that name felt familiar, but she really couldn't place a finger on it. "It sounds familar, but I don't know..."

"Forget it. It's dumb idea." The nurse mentally face palmed. "Forget I mentioned that."

"Why?" Katie asked.

"It doesn't matter." The nurse denied. "How are you so sure your name is Katie?"

"I remember a memory." She answered. "I was in a room when the door opened. There was this man. He smiled as he called me Katie. I ran into his arms. I think he was my father..."

"Really?" She asked, curious. "What did he look like? Maybe I can find out who he is."

"Well, he was tall. He looked kind of old as some of his hair was turning grey. He had glasses, metal wired glasses." She explained. "But I think I was younger so he might be even older..."

The nurse's eyes widened as she pulled out of her phone she quickly pulled up a picture. She showed the picture to Katie. "Is this your father?"

The man looked exactly like what Katie saw, except his hair was more grey. "That's him. How'd you get a picture of him?"

The nurse gasped. "No way..." She put her phone back into her pocket as she chuckled. "It's not hard to find a picture of him..."

Katie seemed confused. "Why do you say that?"

The nurse headed back to the hospital phone as she said, "Yes. I think I've identified Hannah Doe's parents."

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Hailey sighed as she slumped in her seat. Today was one of those that's everything seemed to be going slow. She needed the computer to load, but it was taking a long time. She groaned. She then stood on her knees on her chair as she pushed against her desk as she wheeled herself over to her partner. He was always easy to tick off and sometime, it was fun for her to do so. Once close enough she came close to his ear as she immediately said, "Boo!"

Timothy yelped in fear as he fell out of his chair. Hailey bursted out laughing. "Not funny, Hailey." He glared at her.

She stuck her toungue out at him. She was so child like, but then again she was barely a year out of college. He rolled his eyes as he stood up. "Get back to work." He told her.

"My computer won't load. It's taking forever." She exaggerated.

"And what do you want me to do about it?" He asked.

"I dunno." She shrugged.

Timothy sighed as he pushed her chair making it till back to her area. He then sat back into his seat.

That's when Hailey's phone started to ring. Hailey grabbed it as she answered the call, "Hello?"

"Hello Agent Roberts, about four months ago, you put a tab on patient 2850, Hannah Doe, and asked us to call you when she woke up." The hospital informed her.

"I did?" She asked.

"Yes, you did. It shows in her records." They replied.

That's when Hailey recalled when she did. "Oh yeah! I did! Did she wake up?"

"Yes, she did, but she might not have been the person you were looking for." They added.

"Why is that?" Hailey asked.

"Because she claims her name isn't Hannah. She actually is claiming her name is Katie and one nurse believes she's Katie Holt, though the small girl is just delirious from waking up from a long coma. So we don't know." She informed.

A huge grin formed in Hailey's face as hope was restored in her. "I'll be there as soon as possible!" She quickly replied before hanging up. "Yes!" She exclaimed as she put her phone down.

"What happened?" Timothy asked. "Who was that?"

She looked at him as she smiled. "Timmy! I think I found Katie Holt!"

"It's Timothy." He corrected. "And what makes you think that?"

"So remember about four months ago when we were searching through hospital records to find a Jane Doe that matches a description and information of Katie Holt?" Hailey asked.

"Yeah." Timothy replied.

"Also how I found someone under the name of Hannah Doe and all the information matched up except the name? And you were like," She then pulled out a fake man voice that honestly sounded terrible as she said "That's not Katie Holt. You're so stupid, Hailey. Now, move on to the next person."

"I did not say you were stupid." He corrected.

"You implied it." She added. "Well anyways, I went against your orders and totally put a tab on her and asked them to call me when she wakes up."

"Hailey!" Timothy said sharply. He honestly hated it when she would deliberately go against what he said.

"Well anyways," She continued on. "The girl woke up and is claiming to be Katie Holt and everyone thinks she delirious, but I don't think she's crazy. This can't just be coincidence! This is Katie Holt!" She exclaimed. "Guess who was right?"

He sighed. "Seriously, Hailey? This route?"

She propelled herself against the desk as she came close to her partner again. "Who was right?" She grinned.

He rolled his eyes. "You were..."

"And who's the older agent?" She asked.

"Me..."

"But were you right?" She grinned. She always loved it when she was right so she could shove it in his face.

"No!" He was now annoyed. "You don't have to rub it in!"

"Is some one grumpy?" She said in a baby voice as she gave a fake frown. "Because they were wrong?"

"I'll do anything, just shut up!" He told her as he never liked it when she bragged.

She pointed to the bowl of chocolate Hershey Kisses that he always kept on his desk, that he never let her have, as she said, "I want a kiss."

But the thing was, he didn't see her point and misunderstood the request. He then quickly grabbed her face as he pulled her into a kiss.

Her face went bright red. Yeah, he wasn't always the nicest person, but she kind of liked him.

He parted as he said, "Happy?"

She sunk in her seat as she covered her face to hide the blush. "I ment the candy you always leave on your desk." She mentioned.

Embarrassed, a blush came on his face. "O-oh... Sorry..."

"It's fine..." She weakly replied. "That works too..."

He then refocused himself on his work. "Don't you have to go to the hospital to verify it's Katie Holt?"

"Oh yeah!" She shot up out of her chair as she grabbed her phone and purse, and raced out to her car.

The Katie Holt case was unofficially reopened.

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~KanGian