I decided to try and narrow my search down by typing Jenny's name into the computer and looking for images that resembled her. Since most people don't have pictures associated with their names, it was a long shot, but definitely worth trying anyway. After poring through several pages of images, however, nothing seemed to be panning out so I decided to try and look her up on social media instead. It was mentally exhausting and I was about to call it a night, when one of the avatars looked like it might be her. I clicked on the profile and brought the page up. Was it really her? The picture featured a young woman that did resemble her, standing next to a waterfall, so I clicked on her pictures. The more I looked, the more I began to realize this was in fact, the same Jenny lying in a coma on my floor. As I looked over her profile, her job was listed as "Trust Fund Baby." Her status was single, and she had 357 friends. More importantly, it listed her residence as Louisville, Kentucky. I had a place to start looking! Her last post was two days prior to her arrival at the hospital, so the time line matched, and ironically, her last post was simple - but a clincher for me; "Can't wait to head East tomorrow! Going to tour the NASCAR Hall of Fame before heading out to Kitty Hawk."
There was no doubt in my mind that I had found the true identity of Miss Nobody. I still had to figure out how she could have gone undetected this long though, and why. She had indicated her family had been there and someone at City General knew who she was, so why were they keeping her identity a secret from the rest of the world? I gazed back at her self proclaimed "job title" of "Trust Fund Baby" and wondered if that had anything to do with it. I also wondered how much the trust fund was actually worth; provided it wasn't simply a title she had concocted to draw attention to herself like so many kids do these days.
I spent the next hour looking her up online, now that I had a location to narrow my search down, to see what - if anything - came up. There were no articles or news stories about her being reported missing, but I finally found an older newspaper article titled, "Louisville Socialite Totals Porsche After Colliding With Deer on Bardstown Rd." I pulled the story up, and it mentioned Jenny by name, and made reference to her being the granddaughter of the founder of a multi-billion dollar corporation that I immediately recognized. It was beginning to make sense to me now, as I realized that in all likelihood, someone was trying to keep this hush-hush to gain access to her inheritance. I was on the right track, but I was going to need more than this if I were going to help her. Yes, I could simply reveal her identity to a detective or something, but it would blow any chance of discovering who was behind all of this.
I used to play a cop on television, and coupled with my political experience, I had some degree of knowledge of how to solve a case and who to contact and why. I decided to talk to Jenny again, and get as much information from her as I could, prior to taking my evidence to someone that I could trust. As a former politician, I did have several key contacts in law enforcement and the judicial system that I could approach with this, once I felt I had enough evidence to present a case. For now, however, it was time to go to bed for the day so I could do my job properly later on.
I arrived at City General a few minutes early, and headed straight for Jenny's room. As I approached the nurse's station, I was surprised to see a rather large Black woman in place of Laura behind the kiosk.
"Hi," I greeted her with a smile, "I'm Jack. Where's Laura?"
"She be off tonight an' tomorra." she replied gruffly. "I'm Shaheeta. I work Sunday an' Monday nights."
"Oh okay." I replied brightly. "Well, like I said, I'm Jack. I'm the new nurse for the graveyard shift. Give a holler if anything comes up. I base out of Miss Nobody's room."
"You suppose ta base out of here." she informed me.
"I know," I responded with another smile, "but I don't want to get in your way, and I read to her. Works out all the way around, wouldn't you agree?"
Shaheeta thought about it for a few seconds, and then nodded.
"I s'pose so." she concurred. "I keep the TV on BET. I bet you don't watch it."
"I do not." I said with another smile. "I like Animal Planet. My Cat From Hell is awesome."
"Hey, I've seen that guy." Shaheeta responded. "He gets all them cats to play nice an' all. You like cats?"
"I do." I replied. "I have five at the moment."
Shaheeta smiled.
"You' pretty fly, Jack. I'll let you know if I need anything."
"Thanks." I said with a smile.
I continued toward Jenny's room, and Shaheeta called after me.
"Hey! You really read to her? She don't even know what's goin' on."
"She does." I said affirmatively. "She knows EVERYTHING that goes on around her. Keep that in mind."
I knocked on Jenny's door and opened it.
"Hey, Pretty Girl!" I called out. "It's me."
Jenny took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, showing content.
"Hi Jenny." I said, as I folded the rails down on one side of the bed and sat next to her. "I looked you up on the Internet last night. I know who you are, now."
She didn't respond, so I took that to mean she wanted more information.
"You're from Louisville." I continued. "I found a story in the paper where you hit a deer with your very expensive Porsche 944. It said who you are. I had no idea, Jenny. Everything that I have been doing for you is because of the way I feel about you. I didn't know who you were or where you were from. I just knew that I had some very strong feelings for you. You're so pretty; so beautiful."
I sighed; partly out of frustration, but mostly because she was way out of my league. Had we met in a public venue, most likely she would have wanted nothing to do with me. She drives a Porsche for Christ's sake. I drive a 1969 Ford pickup truck. What would she want with me; a washed-up actor and politician who's had to take a job as a night nurse to pay the bills?
Jenny took a deep breath and exhaled slowly; her sign for intense emotion.
"What is it, Jenny?" I inquired, taking her hand in mine. "Are you okay?"
She puffed twice, so I was relieved.
"I think about you all the time." I confessed.
Two puffs.
"Do you think of me too?" I asked in a surprised tone.
Two more puffs.
"I wish you could open your eyes and see me." I said wistfully. "I used to be a model and an actor. I'm a pretty nice looking guy."
Once again, she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. What was she trying to tell me?! It was driving me nuts, but I would have to reflect on it later, as I suddenly got a call from Shaheeta over the room's intercom.
"Miss Lottie needs you."
Shit! Could that old bag not give me a moment's peace?
"On my way." I responded.
I leaned over Jenny and kissed her gently on the forehead.
"I have to make my rounds," I said quietly, "but I brought you a surprise. I know your favorite band is Iron Maiden, so I brought one of their CDs for you to listen to, while I'm gone."
Jenny began puffing excitedly, and I loaded the player.
"I'll be back as soon as I can." I called out. "This is one of my favorite albums. It's their crossover, from old school to midi guitar."
I left my lovely blonde patient to check on Lottie, and see what she needed; or at least wanted. I knocked on her door and entered the room, with a little trepidation.