A/N: Hey Everyone! Thanks a lot for your kind reviews. So in this chapter I tried to rationalize Lisbon's words – "You picked a great time to start following orders." Enjoy!

They both waited in the corridor of the Dallas Court House. Kim sat quietly on one of the cold metal chairs bolted to the floor as she toyed with her phone while Lisbon ambulated across the ends of the lobby. The situation had a familiar air to it. It felt like waiting outside the principal's office; the good kids had been summoned to tattle on the pranks of the mischievous boy in the class.

"Agent Kim Fischer", a dim and lean figure approached her holding a file in his hands from which he read out the name.

Kim stood up "Yep!"

"The meeting is about to begin. You are required inside the room."

Kim looked at Lisbon who seemed equally worried, probably more. Jane had always been her weak spot.

Lisbon stopped her oscillations "Would you please give us a minute?" , she said to the secretary.

The secretary looked at her as though she'd asked for a piece of his cupcake. "Make it quick. Ms. Faulk does not like to be kept waiting." He snarled and closed the door on them.

Lisbon turned to Kim "Umm…" she was hesitating "I just… when they ask about Red John. Could you not…"

"Hey"Kim broke her off in the middle " You don't need to worry about it. Jane is family. I would never…"

"Agent Fischer" the loud voice screeched through the back of the door disrupting her words. Guess, Faulk didn't like to wait after all.

"You should go." Lisbon spoke; her voice was shaking "Good Luck in there."

Before turning the doorknob, Kim looked at her once again "It's gonna be just fine, Lisbon."

The thought of Jane inside the prison bars made her wanna throw up. She grabbed the nearest wall and leaned against it. Sometimes she'd question the rationality of the system for which she worked every day. Justice for a serial killer was just as paradoxical as it sounded.

She looked at her cell. There were 12 missed calls from Marcus. Guilt surged up inside her that made her pick up the next call coming from him.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm calling Lisbon. She has to know it's just a scam."

"No you're not gonna do that."

"She's my partner. She needs to know the truth."

"She needs to know other truths too. But I don't see you telling her that."

"She might be worried, Abbott."

"Don't you think she has other things to be worried about nowadays?"

Jane smiled. There was a sarcastic tone about it."You mean DC?"

"More like Marcus. Or are you worried she'd narc on you at the court room?"

"Oh Please! She'd rather die than do that. She's always been faithful to me."

"And her being with Marcus proves exactly that." Abbott raised his brows.

"She's is an independent woman, she has every right to choose where she wants to be."

"And what do you want exactly?"

"Right now, I want to tell her it's all a charade. She might do something stupid."

"Then tell her that what you've been doing was a charade. Coz I am sure she's about to do something really stupid."

"I was talking about the case."

"Well, so was I."

"You know what Abbott." Jane stood up from the couch and rested his tea on the table "I don't need to tell her anything. I trust her and she'll do what's right."

Abbott sighed as he heard the door close. Jane might be the smartest person he'd known but when it comes to love he was just as stupid as every other man on the street.

"Hey! I'm sorry I couldn't pick up your call earlier. I was busy."

"It's all right. I just wanted to catch up with you. How about we meet for lunch?"

"I'm sorry. But I'm in Dallas right now. Not sure I'll it make to Austin in time.'

"What are you doing in Dallas?" he sounded surprised "Is everything okay?"

"It's Jane. He's…" she couldn't make herself to say those words.

"Lisbon? Are you there?"

"Jane… he's being indicted for murder. I'm here at the courthouse."

"For Red John, huh. Don't you think he had it coming?"

Lisbon wasn't shocked to hear his words. Sane man like Marcus don't go down the path of revenge, it was hard for him to understand Jane. But she did, so well that the prospect of revenge didn't feel wrong to her anymore. Jane had really rubbed off on her after all these years. Sometimes hearing Marcus talk reminded her of the way she used to be before she met Jane. Life had been straightforward and uncomplicated back then.

"He did the right thing, Marcus. And I don't think he deserves this." Her care for Jane could be clearly felt in those words.

Marcus was taken aback by her authoritarian voice. "All right! How about you text me when you reach here? I owe you a date for last night." He tried to steer their conversation to something light.

She wasn't listening to him anymore as she saw Kim coming out of the room.

"I have to go. I'll call you later."

"Love you." He spoke but only to hear the phone hang up on him.

"How did it go?" Lisbon stood up from her chair.

"Faulk's a bitch. But I didn't say a word."

Lisbon led out a sigh of relief.

Kim looked at the phone in her hands "Tell me you talked to Abbott."

"No. It was Marcus. Abbott isn't answering his cell." Lisbon replied as they both made their way out of the courthouse.

"Well, what did he say?"

"Who? Marcus?"

"Yeah, I mean have you decided yet?"

Lisbon opened the car door and let herself in. She probably had a lot of questions to answer to Kim on their three hour journey back to Austin.

The questions she hasn't even answered to herself yet.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed it. :)