Sorry it took a little while to update. I was crazy busy this weekend. Had a total of 11 hours of sleep over the course of two nights. I'll probably throw another chapter up later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Quick thank you to mwalter1, Hakkai - Gojyo - Goku - Sanzo, and Halle Alexis for their reviews. :)

Disclaimer: Two days went by, and no, I still don't own anything.

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The initial shock of losing his daughter had already sunk in. He sat in a chair quietly answering the questions Lisbon was asking. He would answer softly, but with as much detail as possible.

"Sir, do you have any idea who your daughter was with last night?" Lisbon asked.

"Uh, she said that, she uh….I'm sorry." Mr. McLane looked like he was about to fall apart right then and there, but he took a deep breath and then let it out.

"It's OK. Take your time."

Lisbon looked up to catch Jane, who hadn't taken a seat like the rest of them, walking around the room casually. Lisbon took her eyes off Jane when she heard a phone go off. She looked right to Rigsby, who grabbed his immediately.

"It's Van Pelt."

"Take it outside." Lisbon ordered quietly. Lisbon turned back to the father. "Mr. McLane, in order to find your daughter's killer we need to know who she was with last night."

Mr. McLane looked toward her with his sad eyes. They were a pale blue. But at the same time they seemed like they were dark and deep with a heavy past. She knew his past, in and out of prison for multiple offenses. It all changed when his daughter needed him. He changed. She could see it in his eyes. Now the one thing he worked so hard for, the one thing he had changed his whole life for, was gone.

"She said she was going to Shannon Lavery's house. She lives down on Norton Avenue. They were going to hang out at the The Nine later that night."

"What is 'The Nine'?" Cho asked.

"It's a local teen center. Taylor and her friends go there every Friday night."

"Do you have an address for this place?" Lisbon asked.

"Yeah, yeah. I can give that to you." Mr. McLane got up and walked over to the kitchen and took off a piece of paper from the cork board that was on the wall. He looked down at the paper that he was holding and he gripped it as if it was the last thing he had left. He walked over to Lisbon and handed it to her without a glance at her. "Here."

Lisbon looked down and saw handwriting on the advertisement card.

No worries Daddy.

I'll be home by 10.

Love, Taylor

Lisbon looked up to see Mr. McLane trying to hold back his tears. Lisbon stood up, as did Cho.

"We're going to find out who did this to your daughter." Lisbon said with a promising sound in her voice. Lisbon looked over to Jane who was already staring at her. He gave her a nod, showing that he was ready to go. Lisbon looked back at the father once more. "We'll call you if we have anymore information."

The father said nothing. He just sank down into his chair, waiting for them to leave so that he could let the rest of his emotions take the best of him.

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