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This is my first fanfic in a while, hope you enjoy it and there is more on the way. Review is love!! XD Comments and criticism welcome!
The Mentalist
The Red Poppy.
SYNOPSIS. The search is on to find 12 year old Lara Taylor, the daughter of a British doctor who has been holidaying in California with his family. While Jane encounters a woman who can may be the solution to a recent drugs scandal.
The hubbub at the CBI office was drowned by the sound of the broadcast of CNN NEWS. Rigsby turned the volume up and like the rest of his colleagues listened intently to the report.
The daughter of Adam Taylor, a successful British brain surgeon, had been missing for a reported 2 days. Her name was Lara Taylor. She was a happy and healthy 12 year old girl. With big brown eyes and short brown hair, her picture had been shown on every news report that had been aired. The CBI was called in and had achieved little success in finding what really happened to Lara. There had been a hotline open to the public so they were able to ring in and report anything about the matter of the case.
Many sightings of Lara were reported and noted and anything of significance was taken into account and the CBI were right out on the field. Working alongside Patrick Jane and Agent Lisbon were the local P.D. According to CCTV footage Lara was last seen at Westfield Shoppingtown. She was alone and seemed aware of her surroundings. She wore a green skirt and a white blouse which had a red poppy pinned to it.
Patrick was sat on the sofa in the corner. Listening, but not watching the news, he took in every little detail of the news report. His mind was spinning with questions, yet he was patient and undeterred.
Clutching the remote in his hands, Rigsby found it difficult to tear his eyes away from the screen.
Lisbon walked in just as soon as the news update finished.
'The local P.D are now all over downtown plaza and traffic is murder. And don't get me started on the media frenzy.....Have we got anything?' she asked Rigsby.
'Just more reports of Lara at Westfield. We have looked into everything and it isn't making any sense. Her father had no enemies. Lara was a happy kid, so I doubt she just ran away' Rigsby replied.
'So this is just clear cut abduction? No, I don't think so' pitched in Patrick.
'Why not?' asked Lisbon.
'If she has been abducted and is being held hostage, we haven't had anyone ring in for a ransom demand yet. Kidnappers tend to ring in within 24 hours to make demands. It's textbook' he quipped.
'What if this isn't a textbook kidnapping? Her father is a famous surgeon back in his country and he has quite a reputation here too, so he is an easy target for the greedy money grabbers, right?' said Lisbon.
'Ok, so what are the kidnappers waiting for? That's IF there are any kidnappers.' replied Jane.
'I don't know, something about this doesn't sit right, also we ha-'
Lisbon was cut off by Van Pelt who walked into the CBI office.
'Hey! ..... They found a body....' she said, letting out a deep sigh. 'They think its Lara Taylor'
More soon.