Chapter 9
Evans heard the front door of the house open. The tall man walked out onto the porch. Evans stayed quietly in his position under the shrubs, he'd be able to hear any conversation between the tall man and the red head.
"Okay Grace, remember to set the alarm and call if you need anything. Virgil and May will be here about 10:00. Virgil will bring you to the office when you're ready. Maybe you can get there for lunch and we'll go over to see the boss. She'll probably be in a regular room by then."
"That sounds like a good plan." Grace said as Noah started to fuss. "I know sweet boy, you're hungry. I need to go feed Noah. Love you Wayne. See you later."
Evans watched as the tall man walked to the car parked near the RV. Once the man was in the car and started down the driveway, Evans crawled out from under the shrubs. He carefully made his way onto the porch and to the front door. He could hear the baby fussing and the red head talking to him, although he couldn't understand what she was saying. He eased over to the window on the left side of the door and looked inside. The red head was standing in the kitchen getting ready to feed the baby he assumed. He heard the red head starting to sing to the baby. Evans decided this was the chance he needed. It was now or never since other people were due to arrive by 10:00.
He slid back over to the door and carefully touched the door knob. He listened for any indication that the red head heard him. She was still singing so he turned the door knob as quietly as possible. He continue to listen for any sign that the woman heard him. The door knob turned easily to his surprise. He took a deep breath and slowly and quietly started to open the door. He took a deep breath and waited for the alarm to go off. However, there was no sound. What luck!
"The red head must've been distracted by the fussing baby and forgot to lock the door and set the alarm when the tall man left." Evans thought to himself.
Evans opened the door only as much as needed to get his body through. He crouched down and looked over to the kitchen and saw the red head with her back to the door, continuing to sing to the baby. Evans made his way over to the wall next to the kitchen. He had to make sure he could safely subdue the woman but not hurt her or the baby. What he was doing was crazy but, he wouldn't hurt either of them. Once he had the woman subdued, he'd tie her up and then take the baby with him. He was concerned about the baby once he finished delivering him to the man who wanted him but he wouldn't think about that. He couldn't think about that. He'd just think about himself and what would happen if he didn't complete this job.
He heard the woman moving around and could see her walking over to the dining room table. As she sat down and positioned the baby in her arms to drink his bottle, she looked up and saw him standing there. Evans raised the gun and pointed it at her.
Grace walked into the dining room and sat down. She turned Noah so that he lay in the crook of her arm so he could drink his bottle. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up, looked up and saw a man standing in front of her pointing a gun at her. She gasped, not wanting to scream and scare Noah.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" Grace asked, trying hard to think of a plan to get her and Noah out of this situation safely.
"Look lady, just stay seated. I'm not going to hurt you or the baby. Just do as I say and you'll both be fine." Evans said.
"If you leave right now, you can get away safely. This is the home of a FBI agent and FBI consultant. You don't want to do this." Grace said. The guy didn't look like he was totally committed to what he was doing. This was the chance she needed to get through to the guy.
"I know who lives here. I know who this baby is. I don't know who you are. But, if you do what I say you'll be okay. What's going to happen is I'll tie you up and then I'll take the baby to my boss. He wants the baby. He's hired a nanny to take care of him so he'll be okay too." Evans explained, trying to stay calm and appear to be in control.
"Who, who is your boss? Why does he want this baby?" Grace asked, continuing to try and figure out a way to get out of the situation and pulling Noah closer to her.
"He just wants the baby. What he wants to do with the baby is his business, not mine." Evans said, becoming a little more nervous. He wasn't going to tell her his boss wanted Agent Lisbon dead and when that didn't happen, he now wanted the baby.
Evans moved closer to the red head. Oh man, the baby was so cute. "I can do this, or I'm dead." He kept thinking to himself. The only way he was going to get through this was to keep reminding himself of this.
Just as Evans was about to have the woman stand up and put the baby in his bed so he could tie her up, he saw her eyes light up. Before he could think about what it meant, he heard a voice.
"Slowly put the gun on the ground and get your hands in the air or I'll blow your head off." the voice said.
Evans slowly laid the gun on the ground and raised his hands. Immediately, someone had him on the ground and was handcuffing his hands behind him. The person rolled him over and he was looking into the face of the tall man that had left earlier.
"Grace, you and Noah okay?" Rigsby asked.
"Yes, we're fine." Grace responded.
"The alarm didn't go off?" Rigsby wanted to know.
Grace took a deep breath, "Noah was fussing because he was hungry when you left and I guess I was thinking about getting him fed and forgot to lock the door and set the alarm. Please don't tell Jane or Lisbon."
Rigsby could see tears in Grace's eyes, knowing she felt guilty about careless and also scared thinking someone was trying to hurt her and Noah.
"What made you come back Wayne?" Grace asked.
"I forgot my cell phone. I was going to call Cho and let him know I was on my way in but I didn't have my phone so I turned around and came back. Did he say anything before I came in?"
"He said he didn't want to hurt us but he was going to tie me up and take Noah to his boss. He said his boss hired a nanny to take care of Noah but he didn't say who his boss was or why he wanted Noah." Grace explained as she looked over at the man handcuffed on the floor. "He didn't seem too confident in what he was doing."
Rigsby reached down and helped the man to his feet and set him in a chair across the table from Grace. He looked over at Grace and saw Noah was asleep. "Why don't you go put him in his bed and let him sleep? Check to make sure his windows are still locked. I'm going to call Cho and let him know what's happened and get a team out here to see what they can find.
Grace stood up, set Noah's bottle on the table and walked over to Wayne. She reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for forgetting your cell phone, I promise never to tease you again when you forget it." She smiled and walk back to Noah's room.
Rigsby looked over at the handcuffed man, whose head had dropped to his chest and he could tell the man was trying to keep himself together. Rigsby knew from his demeanor that that man was out of his league in trying to kidnap a baby. He hoped he and Cho could use this to their advantage to find out who set this all up and catch the person. Rigsby personally wanted to catch whoever the "boss" was and make sure he never saw the light of day again.
"You have one shot here man and you better make it good. Is there anyone else outside or lurking around waiting for you? It better be the truth, do you hear me?" Rigsby asked.
The handcuffed man took a deep breath and replied, "No I'm alone. There's no one else. I swear I'm telling the truth."
Cho and the crime scene team arrived within 30 minutes of Rigsby's call. He made sure the team knew what he wanted and he walked in the house to talk to Rigsby and Grace.
"Rigsby? Has he talked yet?" Cho asked, not having to act like he was angry since he was very angry at the man sitting handcuffed.
"I haven't asked him anything other than if there was anyone else around and his name. He said no one else was around and his name is Joey Evans. Have you told Jane yet?" Rigsby answered.
"No. I didn't call Jane. I don't think this is the type of information I want to deliver by phone. When I finish up here I'll head over to the hospital and let him know what's happened. Grace, I know you don't want Jane to know you forgot to set the alarm, but I'm going to have to tell him because you know he will find out anyway. It's a crucial part of catching this guy." Cho explained.
Grace took a deep breath, "I know Cho, and please tell Jane I'm so sorry. He trusted me to take care of his son and I almost got him kidnapped. He'll never forgive me."
Cho knew Jane would be angry. However, he also knew how Jane felt about Grace and he would eventually forgive her. He knew once Jane reconciled the events with the fact that Noah was safe and they now had a crucial lead for finding out who set all this up, Jane would come around. He would understand that while Grace made a mistake, it was because of her desire to take good care of his son.
"Look Grace. Jane will be angry, you know that as well as I do. However, I think when he understands that while you made a mistake, Noah is safe and we have the lead we need to catch the person that tried to kill Teresa. Now Teresa, well that might be another story." Cho said the last part to try and lighten the mood.
"Thanks Cho."
Cho walked over to Joey Evans. "Joey, you are in deep trouble here. Do you even understand how much trouble you're in? I mean, how stupid can you be breaking into a FBI agents home and trying to kidnap her son? And she's the least of your worries. Do you know who the baby's father is?"
Evans sat there for a minute before he answered. "Yeah, I know I'm in trouble. I'll probably be dead soon. The man who hired me said if I didn't bring him that baby he'd kill me. I know Agent Lisbon works for the FBI and that her husband works there too."
"Have you heard of Patrick Jane or the serial killer Red John?" Cho asked.
Evans looked up at Cho with wide eyes. "Uh yes. I bet everyone has heard of them" he said, just as things started to make sense. "Oh man, please tell me Patrick Jane isn't the father of that baby."
"Can't do that, Patrick Jane is the father. So you can see, you're really stupid. How did you get involved in all this? Something tells me you weren't comfortable doing all this."
Evans was trying to decide what he needed to do. He now felt like he was dead man no matter what he did. The guy he worked for was definitely going to kill him if he found him and now Patrick Jane would want him dead too. If he took down a serial killer like Red John, he knew this guy Jane would have no problem taking him out as well.
"Look Joey. We caught you red handed, breaking into this house, threatening to kidnap Noah Jane. We also found your fingerprints in the vehicle used in the attempted murder of a federal agent and her son. It can't get much worse than that other than the fact you tried to kill the wife and son of Patrick Jane. Comprende my friend? That is the thing you should be most worried about right now. Jane spent 10 years tracking down Red John and getting his revenge. When he finds out what you did and that we have you in custody at his office, well, you do the math." Cho hoped he'd put so much fear in Joey that he'd cooperate and give them everything they needed to find the garbage that tried to kill Teresa and Noah.
"Oh man, oh man, oh man, I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved with this. I am so dead, either way." Evans said, before taking a breath and continuing. "Okay. I'll tell you everything I know but you have to protect me from Patrick Jane and the guy who hired me. Both are going to try to kill me."
Cho stared at Evans, not speaking for a few minutes, wanting Joey to squirm in his fear. "You tell us everything, and I mean everything you know and we'll protect you. The guy who hired you won't be able to get to you and well, I think I can handle Patrick Jane."
"You think?" Joey swallowed hard as he said the words.
"Jane is crafty and resourceful. He spent 10 years hunting down Red John. I had a hard time handling him then. The man lost a wife and child to the serial killer. What do you think he'd want to do the person who tried to take another wife and child from him? I believe his desire would be worse the second time around."
Cho was taking great joy in scaring the hell out of this kid. He could tell Joey was not a hardened criminal but a very scared person in over his head. He also enjoyed exacting some revenge himself for what Joey had done to Teresa and Noah, even if it was just emotional and not physical, although he'd love to beat crap out of this kid. He just hoped he'd really be able to keep Jane away from Joey. If Jane was able to get into the same room as Joey, he truly didn't know what Jane would do, but he could only imagine and it wouldn't be pretty.
It was clear to Cho that Joey didn't know the person that hired him to kill Teresa or kidnap Noah. Everything had been done by cell messages and Cho was pretty sure that whoever this "boss" was, he never intended to pay Joey in the end and would kill him once he delivered Noah to him. Joey was just a 20 year old kid that had some minor run-ins with police, needed money and bought the story of the guy that hired him that he could clear up all of Joey's troubles.
Cho finished up everything at Jane and Lisbon's house and headed to his car. He dreaded what he had to do next, go see Jane and let him know what happened.
