Okay, this chapter is very short but it is just the beginning. It can take some time until I upload the next chapter because I don't have enough time to write those days. I always appreciate reviews and comments and I apologize for my bad English.

Chapter 1

'What do you remember?' she asked, her voice was soft and full of emotions, feelings, pity. He looked down to her, she looked so small, so soft, so beautiful. He tried to concentrate. It was all so blurry, a blurry vision of the occurring. He still didn't understand, he needed more time, time to comprehend what has just happened.

'I don't...remember' he pressed out of his lips. It was too much, too much to explain, too many feelings and impressions which tried to be apprehended.

'Start with the beginning. What is the first thing you remember about that night?'

'I...it was cold, a cold night. Unusually cold. She...was close to me and I warmed her. We were walking together...through the city, I don't know the streets...I don't remember their names...I...'

'It's okay. What happened then? You walked through downtown in a cold night.'

'I think we were walking to my place. Yes, I remember how we turned right and suddenly stood there. I held the baby while she opened the door...'

'So you entered your house?'

'Yes, I walked in there...I closed the door with my feet and...I think I gave her the baby back. She went to the kitchen, I guess for warming up some milk...'

'What did you do then?'

'I...I'm sorry but I can't-'

'Take your time. It is difficult but you need to remember.'

'Okay' he said and breathed deeply, in and out, in and out. He tried to recall the scene, the moment when she walked into the kitchen and he...what did he do?

'I walked straight ahead...to my office...no, toward the bedroom. I called for her and she told me that she would come in a moment' he continued telling.

'What then?' Her voice seemed soft but she was also stressed, of course, he could understand it and he wasn't the greatest help. But he was the only witness, he needed to know, he needed to understand.

'I...I don't...I waited, yeah, I waited for her...quite a long time. Then...the door bell ringed...and she said she would go there...I had already closed the door to the hallway and I just thought...I didn't know...I'm so stupid, I should have gotten suspicious...'

'What exactly has happened?'

'I heard it...I heard how something was pulled under door handle...I tried to open the door but I couldn't. Then I heard her screaming. I...I...'

'She screamed, what did she scream? What happened then?'

'She screamed and screamed...oh my god, it was...later, the thing was pulled away and I opened the door. I banged it open...and there...'
'What did you see? I need you to tell me what you saw?'

'She was on the floor...she was lying on the floor. Her face in my direction...so bloody...everywhere was blood...all over the place, oh my god. I could have avoided it if I had opened the door more strongly...'

'It is not your fault, listen to me, it is not your fault...Who did you see?'

'I...don't know...it went all so fast. I saw his face and then...'

'He knocked you out. Is this the man you saw?' she asked and showed him the photo of a man, tan, tall, look of a psychopath.

He nodded. 'He killed her.'

'This man is called 'the saw'. He's a contract killer and he was found dead tonight in his flat.'

He looked up. 'Why...?'

'I want to know this, too. A contract killer murdered your girlfriend.'

'Who gave him that contract?' he asked in surprise and saw no reason why someone should hire a hit man to kill his girlfriend.

'Well, we have a name. We found it in one of his computers.'

'Who is it?'

'Ever heard about 'Schneideisen'?'

'No...never.'

She nodded. 'Thank you, Wayne. Van Pelt will drive you home and care about you' Lisbon said and stood up. She didn't want to look into the man's face, so much fear and angst. She didn't want to see that. She was close to panicking, too. Someone has killed his girlfriend and kidnapped their child. And every evidence they found, indicated that somehow, Red John was involved into this.

PS: 'Schneid-Eisen' is German and means something like 'Cut iron' or 'Tagliaferro', known aliases of Red John. (For more information about this, just check the last chapter of my CHERUB/ Mentalist crossover) ;)