A/N: Feeling a bit better today!

With thanks to: Guest, Jane Doe51, Little-Firestar84, Water-please, Lothiriel84 and Lalalupin for reviewing Shackles.

x tromana


36.

The pain shot through him like a bullet from a gun. Jane winced, stared at the offending object which had inflicted this great agony upon his body and called for help. He wasn't good with pain, he never had been.

He felt reassured when he heard the sound of Lisbon's soft footsteps approaching. However, she took one look at his injury, rolled her eyes and stalked away.

"Come on, Jane," Lisbon said exasperatedly, tapping her foot as she stood beside their front door. "It's just a broken fingernail. We have to get moving; this case won't solve itself, you know!"