Jane Gets to Know Joe
Three heavy raps woke him around 6:45 a.m. - moaning and groaning a little - he opened the door, and was surprised to see Joe Dawson, the bar owner from the previous night standing there with a hopeful smile on his face. Motioning him inside, Jane took a quick look around the parking lot. He was relieved to see no one else in the lot so early. Then he offered Joe a cup of English Breakfast tea and was slightly surprised when the offer was gladly accepted.
As usual although Patrick Jane was surprised at this turn of events his face was an unreadable mask. He needed to know exactly where Joe stood on this whole turn of events. Apparently the Watchers didn't like for things to get out of hand. And they didn't take anything for granted. All in all, from Joe's candid talk they seemed to be a very organized group of people, people who knew what they wanted to do, and what they needed in order to do that. Joe Dawson was in the upper echelon of the Watcher Organization and thought Patrick Jane was a perfect candidate to become a Watcher. He actively recruited him to join the Watchers. He thought Patrick would be a valuable asset and promised him it would never be dull if he did become a Watcher! Although, Patrick told him he could never get a tattoo, Joe had just smiled (knowing a stalling tactic when he heard one) and said he could wait a long time, he thought Patrick was a perfect match. Then before he left he gave him a burner phone. If Patrick needed to talk about Methos or the case - or just anything, Joe said with that warm smile, use this to call. And with that he left so Jane could change for work.
Lisbon and Team Work the Case
When Jane arrived at the fishbowl, only five minutes late due to living in the parking lot, Lisbon was already there, a couple of files in front of her, sipping coffee. She smiled at him and pushed a file folder toward him. "I love all the resources here! I still can't get used to having so much info available so quickly. Uhm, not saying Grace is a slacker but it's like having a dozen of her!" Jane nodded at her, taking in the color high on her cheekbones, showing her excitement at the new case. And then, catching him looking at her she gave him one of her 'special' smiles. "Brought you something!" She pushed a white paper bag toward him, inside he found a freshly baked blueberry muffin from their favorite bakery. One that had a drive-thru. "How nice, thanks, Lisbon." Wow, maybe he hadn't imagined the feeling that passed between them when their hands had accidentally brushed together last night, Jane thought.
They then got to work on the files. Lisbon looked over information on Adams, there was a lot of documentation showing that he was an orphan who put himself through school. He had gone to several universities in Europe. He earned a Doctoral Degree in Philosophy from Edinburgh in Scotland, which was founded in 1583 she noted. He also went to the Paris-Sorbonne University which was founded in the twelfth century, where he got his Masters Degree in Humanities and Arts. All in all, he had gone to some very old universities for such a young man. A young man who had to bring himself up in the world and had done an amazing job of it.
Lisbon couldn't help but admire Professor Adams since she knew how hard it was to raise yourself while working and trying to go to school. Jane had finished with Joe's file. It was very straightforward. He was captain of his high school football team but had foregone a scholarship to college in order to volunteer for the army. This was at the height of the war in Vietnam Nam. He had lost both legs in a heated battle and returned from there a changed man. He never married. He had managed a bookstore for his brother in law before owning his own bookstore. The file noted his having met Matthew Adams at that point in time. After retiring from his book business, he owned a blues-type bar since his real passion was music. Then about a year ago, he had moved to the Houston area to get away from the cold winters. Once again he immersed himself in the blues scene, he played in bands around town and then bought his current bar a couple of months ago, putting his own talents to work in refurbishing an older place in a slightly rundown part of town.
Cho and Kim arrived then, looking a little more rumpled than usual for two people who were almost always under firm control. Jane smiled at Cho who tried his best inscrutable look. Yeah, that might work on a distracted Lisbon but Jane was pretty sure things were heating up between the inscrutable Cho and cool collected Kim! They all went into a conference room to exchange notes. Lisbon really doubted either Joe Dawson or Matthew Adams had cut off the unknown victim's head and thought they should now look over the case files the FBI had on the nationwide series of beheadings.