Author's Note: Haven't written in ages, and never for The Mentalist, but this idea has been skulking around in my mind for awhile, I think I have some pretty solid ideas for continuing it…if people are interested, let me know. :-)
Chapter 1
Patrick Jane had been doing a bit too well lately, nothing big had changed on the surface of his favorite former fake psychic-current CBI consultant's life, but he could tell there was a difference.
Patrick Jane just didn't seem to be suffering as much as used to be, as he should be, as he had been. He was smiling more, and some of those smiles were genuine, he was laughing more, and some of those laughs were genuine and most damning of all, the other genuine thing he could see in Patrick Jane's eyes…was hope.
Red John could see it, his nemesis who was supposed to be existing in a state of perpetual torment just for him, was existing for something else now… someone else, and he was doing it with a sliver of completely unsanctioned happiness in his heart.
Patrick Jane was daring to hope for a future, a future after him. It had taken 10 long years but Patrick Jane was beginning to 'move on'. That was not part of the deal. There was only one thing to do, he was going to have to kill that hope…he was going to have to kill Teresa Lisbon.
And then his nemesis would belong to him forever, whether in life or death.
TBC…
