Authors Note: Well we are nearing the end of the story, we still have a few more chapters to go though. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter just like I enjoyed writing it!
Disclaimer: Nothing has changed I still do not own The Mentalist.
Mckenzie's POV
I woke up at 3:15 A.M. drenched in sweat from a nightmare. I got out of bed the house was pitch black everyone was asleep or I thought at least. As I headed down the stairs and into the kitchen for some water I saw the glowing of a computer screen in the family room.
"Who's there?" I said flipping the light switch on. Revealing Patrick still in his clothes from yesterday file cases spread out across the floor and the computer in his lap.
"What are you doing up?" He asked setting the laptop to the side and picking up one of the case files on the floor.
"I had a nightmare." I say walking over to him and sitting on the floor across from him.
"Oh are you okay, do you need to talk about it?" Patrick says still looking down at the file.
"No it's okay, so what are you doing?" I ask picking up one of the files closest to me.
"Don't mess anything up." He says starring at the file I had just picked up. I looked down at it, there were pictures of a women and a little girl that were killed at a red smiley painted on the wall. I dug deeper into the file seeing a family picture and Patrick was in it. Flipping though all the papers I came to a newspaper cut out, describing how a women and her daughter were found murdered by the victims husband and father Patrick Jane one night when he came home from work. It also stated that the killer was a man named Red John.
"Is this true?" I asked looking at him, tears were in his eyes. I felt bad for him maybe I should just leave him here and pretend I never saw the file but he spoke before I could leave.
"Yes, Angela was my wife and Charlotte my daughter. They were killed after I pissed off the cereal killer Red John on national television." He said picking up another case file. "I made a promise to them I would get revenge, but once I married Teresa I had set my revenge to the side and tried to become a good father and husband, better than I was to Angela and Charlotte. When we got your sister's case almost three years ago I knew that somehow Red John was involved but since Teresa was pregnant with Mallory I didn't want to risk something bad happening to me so we didn't go great detail all we did was catch the killer, but we never found the motive that's why I was thinking Jenna was involved. But now Red John has Mallory and it's all because I wanted to be happy again but as long at Red John is alive that will never happen." He looked at me and waited for a response. I was processing everything, the truth. Suddenly everything made sense to me.
"I'm sorry." Was all I got out before there was a knock at the door. Patrick got up quickly walking to the door, I got up and followed him. He opened the door to find Ann. Annie, Tucker and Ray.
"Where's your mother?" He asked guiding the four kids into the house.
"I don't know." Ann said holding Tucker's hand.
"She dropped us off at home after we left here and she hasn't come back at all." Annie added.
"How did you get here?" I asked standing next to Patrick.
"We walked." Ann and Annie said in unison.
"But you guys live like 10 miles away plus you're only like 5." I say crossing my arms.
"Yeah so, we got scared at home." Ann said shifting her feet.
"What if something were to happen to you guys." I say taking Ray from Annie.
"But nothing did." Annie said taking off her coat. She sounded so much like Jason my heart ached, knowing that they were basically parentless.
"Okay well we will sort this all out in the morning come on let's get you guys to bed." Patrick said taking Ann and Annie's coats from then and hanging them on the banister.
Patrick took Tucker form Ann as we all headed up the stairs to the spare bedroom that was now unoccupied since Ben had left hours ago. Once we reached the top of the stairs Teresa had come out of the master bedroom with wearing a very confused face.
"Um hello kids." Teresa said walking over to Patrick who was opening up the spare bedroom door.
"Hi Mrs. Jane." Ann and Annie said again in unison. Well this is getting weird I know they are twins in all but come on speaking at the same time in less than two minuets apart that's pretty abnormal.
Patrick opened the door extending his arm telling us to enter first as I passed him he handed me Tucker.
"Put them to bed, I need to talk with Teresa." Patrick smiled and motioned to Teresa who was standing on the other side of the doorway.
"Kay." I laid both boys on the bed, putting the covers around them while Ann and Annie sat on the floor and watched.
"Mckenzie will we have to stay here forever?" Annie asked wiping away a tear from her eye. I had to think, they probably won't have to if we find Jenna they will go home with her and plus Jason's prison sentence was only 8 years and he had already done two and a half of them.
"To be honest Annie, you might not have to stay here forever but your going to stay here with me for some time." I smile sitting down next to the twins.
"But our Mommy said that Teresa is a mean person." Ann said bringing her knees to her chest. Sometimes I can't stand Jenna wait hold that thought, all the time, yeah that sounds better. I can't believe just because Jenna hates Teresa she has the nerve to tell her kids the women that their Aunt and cousin stays with is mean.
"No Ann, Teresa is super nice. She is a good Mommy!" I take Ann's hand into mine and smile. Even if they are my annoying nieces, I still love them no matter what even if they are part Jenna.
"So she will not hurt us." Annie adds to the conversation.
"No, she won't why do you think she will?" I say starting to get defensive.
"Mommy said that she hurts people for a living." Ann said squeezing my hand.
"She would never hurt anyone." I say pulling Annie into a hug while still holding Ann's hand.
"Mommy said she hurt her." Annie said looking up at me. I had to think about my response to that one, I guess technically she did hurt her but emotionally for putting Jason in jail, not physically.
"She didn't." Was all I could say, I could never tell them at Teresa and Patrick are the reason they don't see there Father everyday.
"But Mommy said." Annie continued.
"No, Mommy lied!" I nearly shouted but stopped myself.
Both girls looked at me with tears in there eyes. I felt bad for telling them there Mother had lied to them but I didn't want to start an argument with two five year old at four in the morning.
"I'm sorry girls I didn't mean..." I said but was cut off by both girls hugging me hard.
"It's okay Mckenzie." Ann said once she let go.
"Alright, how about you guys get some sleep." I say helping them off the floor. They got into the bed and smiled.
"Goodnight." I say walking away from the bed and out the door. I turned off the light and shut the door as I entered the hall I found Teresa and Patrick talking in the same spot I had left them when I put the kids to bed.
"I'm going to bed now." I say walking past them.
"Okay see you in the morning." Teresa said smiling then turned her attention back to Patrick.
As I entered my room something felt weird and different. I looked around nothing seemed out of the ordinary so I went over to my bed and laid down, I looked up at the ceiling to find at red smiley face staring down at me. The one that was in the case files that Patrick was looking at, the one that was one the wall in the pictures of Patrick's wife and daughter's case files. It was a Red John smiley face I finally realized. I screamed out of fear and burst into tears. The scream turned into a yell and the cry into an sob. This was a new emotion I had never felt before, I was scared beyond scared, paralyzed with fear waiting for someone anyone to come to my rescue.
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