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Lisbon waves Cho in who's standing outside the door. She makes the introductions.
"Agent Collins this is my second in command Agent Cho."
Agent Collins doesn't get out of the chair but nods his head and turns to Lisbon.
"What's going on Agent Lisbon? I thought this was a private conversation."
"It's quite alright Agent Cho knows all about it. Please sit down Cho."
Cho moves one of the chairs from under the table beside the door and sits down next to Agent Collins, he places a folder he's holding on his lap and looks to Lisbon to continue.
"I told my team when I returned from our briefing that we were off the case and why and your suspicions about Jane. I expected them all to laugh and dismiss it like I did. Ten minutes later Cho knocks on my door and tells me he needs to talk to me about something very important. When I signalled him to come in he had that folder in his hand. Tell him what you told me Cho."
"As I'm sure you've looked in to Jane's background and you know about his tragic story.."
Agent Collins nods his head.
"Yes the murder of his wife and child"
"And that he grew up in the carnie circuit and that he joined the CBI to track down Red John."
Agent Collins gives Cho that smile.
"Yes we know all that. It doesn't mean he's not working with the kidnappers."
Cho looks at Lisbon and then at Agent Collins.
"No it doesn't"
Agent Collins shifts in his chair, his interest now piqued.
"Are you saying Agent Cho, that you have your suspicions?"
Cho looks at Lisbon again and then back at Collins.
"Yes. It happened by accident. I'd spent the night at a girlfriends and took my morning jog in a different park than normal and I saw Jane. He didn't see me, he back was towards me, but Jane has a pretty distinctive look and I knew it was him. What caught my eye was that the man handed Jane a gun. I just caught a glimpse of it as it exchanged hands. Jane always says he hates guns. Jane was playing it cool, he's a master at it but the other man was being furtive but trying to hide it, if you know what I mean. Looking around while trying to look like your not looking around. The man then got up and walked away. I made sure my jog caused me to cross paths with him and I accidentally bumped in to him. In the few words that passed between us I discovered that he was foreign, somewhere in the middle east was my guess."
Collins nods at the folder.
"So what do you have in there?"
"I did a little digging on my own time. After the death of his family Jane went in to a psychiatric hospital, I believe that that Patrick Jane never left."
"So how come you're only telling your boss now?"
"Because I don't have anything concrete. it's just suspicion. But then with what has happened, I thought I should let her know."
He hands Collins the folder and while he looks at it Lisbon takes up the story.
"After Cho came to see me, I remembered how Jane wanted to go with Rigsby Redwood Creek."
"He asked to go?"
"Well that's not Jane's way but he annoyed me until I wanted him out of my sight. If Jane is a double agent Collins you're dealing with a very clever man. He works differently than anyone you've come up against."
"I'm sure we can handle him."
"The last person who tried that lasted two days before his career was in tatters."
"So what do you suggest Agent Lisbon?"
Lisbon's eyes grow dark.
"If what Agent Cho says is true, he's been deceiving me for ten years, making a fool out of me and laughing at me behind my back. I want to get him. We know how he works, we can be of help. If he's been using us, we want to make him pay."
Lisbon has her fingers mentally crossed that this rather dubious play will work. It's not up to Jane's standard but hopefully it's good enough. If there's one thing that Lisbon has learnt from Jane, it's that the best plays are based on some truth. Cho did come upon Jane in a park near his girlfriends, and he was in discussion with a man, the guy looked middle eastern but was homeless and Jane was sharing some food with him. In the file is an artist sketch of the guy and a bogus report that has a mismatch of DNA between two 'Patrick Janes'..
Agent Collins looks up from the file.
"This is very interesting Agent Lisbon, Agent Cho. Good work. Having read up on Patrick Jane he is, shall we say, an unusual character. I can see how having people who know him well on my team being advantageous."
Lisbon is just slightly nodding her head in agreement, another trick she's learnt from Jane.
Collins looks at the file once more and then up at Cho and Lisbon.
"Yes, I think you will be very helpful. Betrayal is hard to take and harder to forgive. If your Mister Jane is a double agent and, with what you've given me, I strongly believe that he is, then you can be very helpful now that you're on my side."
"We are most certainly on your side. I've risked my career too many times for that jerk to put up with being made a fool of."
Collins stands up and Lisbon and Cho follow. He extends his hand towards Lisbon with that smile in place
"Welcome to the team Agent Lisbon and Agent Cho."
Lisbon takes his hand and smiles back.
"Thank you Agent Collins we look forward to working with you."
"Get some sleep and we'll convene here at seven."
"We'll be here."
Collins leaves the room and Lisbon and Cho look at one another. Lisbon murmurs:
"Barnum's right. There's one born every minute. Now lets find Jane and keep him safe."
