IC-Ep 2-Family Ties(Anna Jerkins only)

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Queensway, Bayswater- London, England
7:00 AM - Sunday, September 8, 1940

It was hard to find her way around due to the fact that all street signs had been removed months ago due to fear of invasion, but Anna had lived in London long enough to know that Bayswater was north of Kensington Gardens, along the northern edge of which was Queensway. In fact, there was an Underground station called Queensway that was on it, on the Central Line. At first she went to Bethnal Green Station, which was not too far away, but she found out the hard way that the eastern extension of the Central Line was not yet complete, and the rails had not been laid there yet - nor were they likely to be for the duration of the war. This meant a long walk to Liverpool Street Station, currently the eastern terminus of the Central Line. The line had not been damaged by the bombing and was in good service, so she took it to Queensway Station and emerged onto the surface. However, at this point she was unable to locate the exact address due to the lack of signage.
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Anna looked around, and then realised that she forgot to ask for directions. With a sigh, she knew that it's not going to be particularly easy to find directions. She looked around for an address book, normally, there should be something like this being sold at a newspaper agency. Failing that, she'll probably just ask a passerby on the streets for directions.
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It being Sunday morning, the newspaper agencies and stores were closed, and the streets seemed deserted.
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Unfortunately, there was absolutely nobody in the area to ask for directions.
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Anna was hopelessly lost, and there was no pedestrians around that could possibly help her. She cursed, and attempted to find a nearby hotel or some equivalent to stay at for a while and perhaps reorganise her plans a little before going off into the unknown.
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This was a neighborhood that had some decent hotels, so Anna walked into the lobby of one of them. There was a fiftyish man at the front desk. "Can I help you, Miss?" he asked.
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"Hello, do you mind if I rent a room here for a while? I'm actually slightly lost." Anna said with a smile.
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"You're welcome to stay here, Miss," said the man. "We do have some vacancies, but it is too early to check in. We could have a room ready for you by noon, I think."
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Anna nodded. "Sure. No worries. I don't suppose you have a phone or a phone book that I could borrow?"
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"Of course, Miss," he said, gesturing to a telephone attached to the wall behind her, near the front doors. "There is a public telephone in the lobby with a directory, and you are welcome to use it."
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Anna intends to look for the name, address, and the contact number of Catherine Exter's daughter within the huge tome. Failing that, she'll just call her boss and...ask for directions. She shivered slightly at the prospect.
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Anna already knew Madeline Steadman's name and address, so it was easy for her to locate the entry for M. Steadman in the phone book and confirm that it was hers. The telephone number was listed there as well.
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Anna called Mrs. Steadman.
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A woman answered the phone. "Hello, Mrs. Steadman here," she said.
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"Hello miss, my name is Anna Jerkins, I work at Maxwell's sanitarium. Do you mind if I come around to ask a few questions?" Anna said bluntly and to the point.
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"Maxwell's Sanitarium?" repeated Mrs. Steadman. "Is this about my mother?"
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"Yes. We are going to visit your residence within the next days. Maybe even as recently as today of happened to have the time. Mrs. Steadman, I will need the address and some directions to have a visit since we here at the sanitarium believes that your mother may be a danger to both herself and your family." Anna said.
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"Of course," she replied. She gave Anna the address, which matched the one she already had. "The nearest Underground station is Queensway." She gave her directions from it. "Is there anything else?"
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"Thank you for your time. We at Maxwell's Sanitarium appreciate your efforts to be cooperative, Mrs. Steadman. No, I don't believe there is anything else that we need to talk about. There's only a need to confirm that we'll come around to visit shortly to confirm a few facts in person. Again, we appreciate you for taking the time out of your day to cooperate." Anna said professionally, as she waited for Mrs. Steadman to respond.
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