Title: Telling the truth
Author: NikiMeg
Disclaimer: The characters you recognize herein do not belong to me.
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Samantha/Martin
Author's note: I apologize for my English mistakes. It's not my native language. Hope you enjoy! Please R&R.
Chapter 3
The team gathered in the conference room waiting for Jack. He walked in and filled them with the latest news.
"This case had a twisted, Brian's sister-in-law gave birth to Jordan and she is the biological mother. Martin and Sam, I want you two go to speak to Jane. Vivian, stay here. Searching anything in Patricia Ritter's name. Danny, we will speak to Miss. Ritter."
They were glad finally they had a suspect. Unlikely that the mother could kidnap the own daughter, even so they were not more walking in the darkness.
*** Erhart's House ***
"Jane, you have to tell us all the truth." Sam was very direct.
"Do you think Patricia is involved with Jordan's disappearance?"
"We have to investigate every clues or possibilities." Martin sat down close to Jane.
They could see through Jane's eyes she had not stopped to cry any minute after Jordan has been missing and now, her sister had been turned the suspect. This was too much for her. It seemed that she could break any time.
She took a breath and began to speak.
"Patricia lost both parents in an airplane accident when she was 6 month old. Our mothers were close friends and I always wanted to have a sister. You can figure out the rest of the story."
"Your parents took care of Patricia since that." Sam said.
"They gave her their surname. She would really be my sister. When she was 7, Patricia and I made a promise to be sisters and never tell anyone."
"Even your husband?" Martin questioned.
"It's not as if I had lied. We were sisters. We never thought about that everyday."
"About Jordan?" Martin asked.
"She offered to carry Jordan. My husband and I thought to hire an unknown woman to be surrogate mother. Since, she has already given us her eggs but she insisted. She was happy helping us. Then..."
"Then? What?" Sam raised his voice.
"Then she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer and it changed her. She became a different person, sad and bitter. We lost contact. Before we talked to each other every day. The last time I talked to her was a week ago."
*** Patricia's House ***
Jack and Danny knocked on the door several times. No one opened it. Looking through the window, there wasn't sign that someone could be there.
A boy in a bike stopped in front of the house, looking at the two FBI agents.
"Miss Ritter isn't home."
"Do you know her?" Danny asked.
"I do some jobs for her. She went to visit her sister."
"What did she say to you?" Jack walked toward the kid.
"Her sister is sick and she should go to take care of her. She paid me for a month." The boy said and walked out.
"The only sister you know is Jane. And she is not sick." Danny was intrigued.
"We need a warrant to get into the house." Jack said, getting into the car.
*** FBI Building ***
Vivian, Sam and Martin sat around the conference table. Jack and Danny got out of the elevator and joined them.
"Patricia left her house and she traveled to take care of her sister." Danny clarified.
"She took Jordan." Martin said.
"Assume nothing." Jack answered. (A/N: I hope Grissom doesn't care Jack uses his sentence.)
"This makes sense. She found out she has endometrial cancer it's a type of uterine cancer. She realized she couldn't have children anymore and Jordan is her only change to raise a daughter." Sam made her point.
"Kidnapping Jordan and making her sister through it?" Vivian said in an uncertainty tone.
"Patricia is adopted. She saw her sister having everything that she always wanted to her... A family." Martin concluded.
"This explains why DNA test didn't match any relationship between Jordan and Jane." A man approached Jack giving to him a paper. " We have a warrant to Patricia's house, we will see what we find there." Jack said, holding the paper in his hand.
The team made their way to Patricia's house.
They looked for any evidence that could link Patricia with Jordan's disappearance and where the two of them could be. Patricia seemed that had planned the kidnapping meticulously. She had not left any track at the house. The agents were being worried, the time went on and they weren't finding anything.
"Try Patricia Oslen." Vivian said on her cell phone.
After she turned off the phone, she turned to look Jack explaining that it was her real parents name.
Few minute later, Vivian cell phone rang. She answered it. "Thank you."
She turned to look at everyone. "There's a cabin near to Hamilton in Patricia Oslen's name. She bought it a month ago."
They breathed alleviated. There was not certain that Jordan could be there but at least it was a clue. And all they needed at that moment were anything.
They left the house.
Few hours later, FBI agents and local police surrounded the cabin.
Samantha walked toward cabin and knocked on the door. She supposedly should bring Patricia outside of the cabin. Patricia opened the door.
"Hi, I'm so glad I've found someone. My car stopped no gas. I saw that you have a gas pump. I thought if you could sell me what I need."
Patricia stood in the doorway; she seemed to be a little distrustful.
"Take what you need. It's fine."
She stepped back, trying to close the door. Sam stopped the door with her foot.
"I'm with FBI." she held her ID in the hand.
The other agents ran toward the cabin while Sam handcuffed Patricia.
Martin walked into the cabin. He found Jordan reading a book at her bedroom.
Jordan looked up at him. She got frightened when she saw Martin stood in front of her.
"Who are you?" she close the book.
"Martin Fitzgerald. I'm with FBI. We were looking for you. Your parents are concerned about you."
"Concerned? Aunt Patricia said to me that they wanted to be alone, they're trying to work their marriage out. 'Cause this, she brought me here with her."
Martin smiled at her. "Your dad and mom want you are with them."
*** Back to New York ***
Brian and Jane were waiting for Jordan in Jack's office. When Jordan entered her parents hugged her so much. They were very happy to have their daughter back.
"Thank you." Jane said, looking at Jack.
He nodded his head. "I think you three have a lot to talk. Jordan deserve the truth, don't you think?"
They agreed. And they walked out of the office, taking Jordan home and alive.
"It's nice when you find them alive and good." Danny said, showing how he was happy they could find Jordan.
"Too late for Patricia." Vivian picked up her purse.
"Not for Jordan. And, we should celebrate it."
"Samantha and me were thinking to have some drinks, you want to come with us?" Martin asked to Danny.
"Sure. Jack and Vivian?"
"Thanks. But what I want is go home to see my daughters." Jack said, walking toward the elevator.
"I want to see Reggie." Vivian walked behind Jack.
"I guess, it'll be just us." Samantha said, grabbing Martin and Danny's arms.
TBC