Thanks you for all the lovely reviews it was a bit of a surprise what the will had in it, I got my info from my own will ( bit morbid I know Hee Hee) . I'm also going to do this in two parts.
This is the part where Patrick and Teresa take Lucyanne to Ireland on their belated honeymoon and to sort out the will. But something happens and the honeymoon to Ireland has to be postponed.
I don't own the Mentalist.
Chapter 6
A Year Later
Patrick was sat in his office on the second floor of the second building out in the back yard. He was filing through some paperwork - which Paddy had sent him a few weeks ago – paperwork he needed to take with him and Teresa when they go on their honeymoon in two weeks.
He was having problems concentrating as earlier on in the day he had been attacked at work while out at a crime scene and his head ached. The ER doctor said that he had a mild concussion and needed to rest for the rest of the day but he could not settle something was niggling him something he could not put his finger on about the scene and the victim. He went out of his office and into the little kitchen so he could get himself a cup of tea, when he looked out the window that looked out over the cabin and the lake. He notices someone lurking around outside the back door of the cabin.
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Teresa was sat reading with Lucyanne asleep in her play pen in the living room when her phone rang and Patrick's picture came up.
"Hi sweetheart" she said.
"Hello gorgeous" he replied.
"Are you ok you don't feel dizzy or anything?" She asks
"No I'm ok still a headache but are you expecting anyone because there is a strange person lurking by our back door" Patrick says as he is still looking out of the window.
"Not that I know off" "But keep an eye out and on the phone while I go and ring Abbott and Cho on the land line" "then I will go and get my gun out of the safe".
"Ok he says where's Lu Lu is she with you?" he asks with concern in his voice.
"Yes she is in her play pen in front of me" "Why"? She asks.
"Well with her toddling she will be off like a short" "She follows her mum with speed" he chuckles at the thought.
"No she's actually asleep at the moment" "What do you want me to do".
"Well if she was awake then you could have sent her down the tunnel and I would have met her this end so I could put her in the safe room where she could play with her toys we have here and she can still see us on the monitor so she doesn't get scared". He said as he still watched the person below.
"Well I don't want to wake her as she was grumpy after she had her bottle and a change then she played a bit then she laid down and went to sleep".
"Well don't disturb her unless you have too." Said Patrick "I think you better ring Abbott as he is at the moment looking around but I think now he is going to try the door". Patrick said as he kept an eye out the window. "Have you got your gun yet?" he asks.
"Yeah" she replies "Hold on I'm just ringing Abbott".
"Ok"
"Abbott here"
"Abbott its Teresa" she says in a whisper".
"What's wrong Teresa?" He asks with concern.
"Patrick was in his office and went into the kitchen there to make a cup of tea, while he was waiting for the water to boil he looked out the window and he saw a suspicious person at the back of our house looking around can you come please, he thinks it maybe from the incident this morning".
"Are there any others he can see?" Abbott asks
"Not that we are aware of, Patrick only said he could see the person out side but there could be others". She said.
"Ok we are on our way just make sure that the security is in place till we get there".
"Ok" She answered before putting the phone down.
She turned to the mobile phone and told Patrick what Abbott said and that he was on his way.
She also said she would meet him half way along the underground tunnel with Lu Lu so she can be taken to the safe room. She then switched the phone off and picked up Lu Lu who only grunted with frustration as she was being disturbed but did not wake. She then walked to the concealed door under the stairs that lead down some steps to the tunnel. She walked along until she reached the T junction and turned right, just a few feet further she saw Patrick coming towards her, they hugged then she passed Lu Lu over to him and placed a light kiss on his lips.
"I'm going back now" She said "Can you describe him too me? She asks him.
"Well what I could see was he has a black hooded jacked that was up so I could not see his face. He had on black trousers seemed to be about 6 feet tall and very slim and it looked like he had a gun on his belt that's all I could make out" he said with a smile. "Go get him Tiger" he said to her with a grin then turned to walk the other way towards the safe room that was underground under the building that had his office in. Each building had access to the underground passages that led also to the outside near the caravan park. Only a few people new about the security measure put into the house they are not even on the blue prints of the property.
Patrick walks up to the big steel door that leads into the safe room, well suite of rooms that are under the garage building above. He punches in the code that will open the door automatically then walks in and the door shuts automatically behind him. He goes down a short corridor to the end, here there is a wooden door that leads into bedroom come play room where he places Lu Lu into the cot and bends down and kisses her head before closing the sides of the cot up before exiting the door.
He goes down the hall and turns into a room that has security TV screens all over one of the walls and sits down near a computer that is in front of the screens and punches in some numbers that brings up the cameras all over the property. Before he sits down he makes sure that the camera in the nursery is on and the monitor is working before he puts a headset that has a mike attached and starts talking into a mike.
"Tess can you hear me" Patrick asks Teresa who has put a listening device in her ear and clips a mike to her shirt.
"Yes Pat I can hear you loud and clear". "Cho and Abbott has just arrived I'm going to let them in the front door now can you turn the alarms off for a few minutes?" she asks so that she can open the front door and not set the alarms off to alert the person still at the back of the cabin.
"Ok clear you can let them in now"
"Ok they are in can you close the system down again"
"Done"
"Will you pass the hand monitor to Abbott please then he can monitor the cameras as well so he can then decide what he wants to do" Patrick says to Teresa. "Lucyanne is still sleeping" he informs her so she does not worry too much.
"Ok I'm also going to give them a listening device each so they can listen to you as well as a mike so they can talk with you also" Teresa says.
Patrick scans all the screens keeping an eye on the one outside the back door to the cabin. All the doors of the buildings have special locks that one of Teresa's brothers had invented. These locks cannot be picked (not even Patrick could pick them as Teresa brother had him try) as the locks have special keys that fit them. The keys look like normal keys but they have special notches that only fit the lock they were made from. All the locks are made slightly different which are unique to each lock. There is one master key that fits all locks and that is in a secure place that only he and Teresa and Teresa's brother who invented the locks knows. Also underground further along the corridor is large room that holds the generator and other things that keep the buildings supplied with energy and running so that they do not need to be connected to the national grid and is self sufficient.
As he was looking around the cabin on the monitors, he eyes the intruder near the barn at the back of the house. The barn does not have any thing of value in there so it is not locked through the day only at night.
"Tess I spied him again he is just going into the barn" Patrick informs her as he then changes the monitor to the camera inside the barn.
"It seems he is just looking around I still cannot see his face for the hood" Patrick says "Do you want to go outside as I will cut the security so you can go out the front and go around the back from the lane he won't notice you then" Patrick says
"Or why don't you come down the tunnel and go out of the back of the barn he won't expect that he will think you are going to come out of the cabin" Patrick suggests.
"That sound a good idea" replies Teresa. "I keep forgetting that all the building are connected to the tunnels".
As both Abbott and Cho could hear what Patrick had told Teresa they nodded their heads and she then ushered them down the stairs into the tunnels.
"I did not realise that there was so many tunnels underground and rooms" Abbott looked at Teresa with surprise.
"We will be coming up to the T junction shortly that is the half way stage. All the rooms off the tunnels are all under each building on the land and also some large storage ones and the power plant are under the caravan park" she said as they came up to the junction and she then turned left. They walk further on that seemed to go on for ever when they came to a big door that was in the side of the wall of the tunnel. Teresa punched in a code then the big heavy steel door swung open with a swoosh. This door led them into another tunnel that took them to a flight of steps. As they get to the top of the stairs they come to a small landing. There is a door in front of them that leads to the outside and to the right is a flight of stairs that leads to the upper floor.
"Patrick can you still see the intruder?" asks Teresa.
"Yeah!" "He's still in the barn I think he is looking for a door that will take him up to the upper floor, but as you know that is outside there is no exit from inside the barn" Patrick says. "He is just coming out the front of the barn now".
"Ok can you release the lock on this door then so we can go around the back of the barn and catch him as he comes around" Teresa says while looking at Abbott and Cho to follow her when the door opens.
"Okay" "Locks are off you can open up now he is nowhere near you" Patrick replies as the noise of the locks disengage.
As they all go through the door Patrick then resets the locks on the door. He then looks up to the TV screen, that look into the nursery and see that Lucyanne had woken up.
"Teresa I will be going off line for a short while, Lu Lu has woken up and is crying. Can you ask Abbott if he can scan with the hand held tablet while I'm looking after her I'm handing over control to you now ok"
"Okay" "Give her a hug for me."
Abbott turns the tablet in his hand to remote then scans through the cameras one by one, until he catches the intruder on the camera just outside the barn. The intruder turns to the left as he exits the barn and starts to walk along the front of the barn to the right side.
"We need to go to the left and then come up behind him". "Or if Teresa and I go one way, and Cho you go the other way and wait at the corner of the barn then we can get him both ways" suggest Abbott.
"Okay" they both replay as they split up and go in the different directions.
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Patrick exits the surveillance room and walks down the corridor to the nursery. As he walks in Lu Lu looks up and gives him a smile with tear stains still on her cheeks.
"Hello my baby what wrong are you hungry or just need a change" "or maybe you woke up a little disorientated because you are in a strange room". Patrick says as he enters the room and goes to go and pick her up.
As he picks her up in his arms she hugs him around his neck and places her head on his shoulder. "Da Da".
"Yes my baby" "Come on I'll get you a bottle and you can come in with me in the tele room ok" smiling up at her as he walks out of the nursery and into the kitchen that was well stocked with things that can be stored for long periods of time.
He sat her down in her high chair and went over to the fridge to get out the formula that was stored in there. He then put some scoops into the bottle and poured in some cold water and put the teat on and gave it a very fast shake. He then went over to the microwave and warmed it up. He then went over to Lu Lu and gave her the bottle.
"That a good girl" "you enjoy that while daddy make himself a cup of tea".
He walked over to the sink and filled the kettle and placed it on the stove. He then reached up into a cupboard over the sink and pulled out a blue cup just similar to the one he had in the CBI. The one that Teresa pain stakedly glued back together is at the FBI building. He poured in some long lasting milk and placed in a teabag and then waited until the kettle boiled. While he was waiting his mind drifted to the intruder outside in the back yard. "I wonder what he wants" he thought "I hope they are ok out there". Just as he looked over to see Lu Lu the kettle started to whistle. He picked up the kettle and poured the hot water into his cup and dunked the tea bag a number of times then picked up his cup and walked over to Lu Lu and sat down at the table near Lu Lu's chair and takes a sip.
After he had finished his tea he picked up Lu Lu and took her back to the nursery to change her diaper. He placed her on the changing table and pulled down her leggings that she had on then changed the soiled diaper. He then got her dressed again and then walked out of the nursery but before he walked out he picked up some paper and crayons and a couple of soft toys so that Lu Lu would have something to play with. He then walked into the surveillance room and then walked to the back of the room and placed Lu Lu down in a play pen that had other toys in it.
He then sat down again in front of the screens and switched on the computer and placed the headphones and mike on his head .
"Teresa Abbott Cho I'm back in the surveillance room how are you doing have you got him yet"? he asked into the mike
"Yeah we got him Patrick he's hand cuffed in the SUV we will be taking him in for questioning shortly. Can you open the doors to the cabin please"? Teresa asked. "When Abbot and Cho leave I will be down to you shortly ok"
"Okay" Patrick said with a sigh as he flicked the switch to open the security to the cabin so that Teresa could enter without the alarms going off.
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While Abbott and Cho was putting the intruder into the SUV Teresa heard Patrick groan in her ear.
"Patrick what's wrong are you ok" she asks with concern. "Patrick answer me please"? She begs.
Then she hears a load noise as if some heavy object had fallen to the floor and she could hear Lu Lu start to cry. "Da Da" she could hear the sobs of a scared sounding little girl.
"Patrick" she shouts into the mike "Patrick can you hear me" but nothing was heard from the ear piece.
She turned around and went to look for Abbot and Cho. She found them at the SUV and shouted to them to come and help her something is wrong with Patrick.
"Abbott something thing is wrong with Patrick I heard a groan then I think he has passed out and is on the floor I can hear Lu Lu crying for her Daddy" shouts Teresa "Can one of you come an help me please"? She asks.
Abbott turned to Cho and told him to stay with the SUV and went after Teresa into the house. They went down the corridor and turned right at the Junction and then ran towards a steel door further down the corridor. Teresa punched in a code and the door opened on its own and they both went in. They found Patrick on the floor in the surveillance room deathly white with rapid breathing. Abbott kneels down by Patrick and tries to get him to wake up but he is unconscious and is not responsive. While Abbott was tending to Patrick Teresa walks over to her distressed daughter and picked her up in her arms and held her tightly while rubbing small circles on her back. Lu Lu soon calms down and Teresa goes over to where the two men are.
"Teresa can you call for help down here or do you have to go back to the cabin to do that" asks Abbott.
"You can use your mobiles down here we have reception anywhere down here that's what we asked for with the contractor" replied Teresa.
With that Abbott got out his phone and rang 911 for an ambulance. While he was getting an ambulance Teresa then rang Fisher and Wiley to ask them to come and take the suspect back to the FBI so that Cho could help them with Patrick.
While Teresa left Abbott with Patrick and Lu Lu who was used to seeing and staying with Abbott, went out of the safe rooms and walked back along the tunnel and up into the cabin. She went out of the cabin and informed Cho that Fisher and Wiley was on their way to take the suspect back to the FBI and also told him that Patrick was not well and had collapsed and they were waiting for an ambulance and would he direct them down when they came. And also told him that to shut the front door so that is will lock automatically and so no one can get in.
"Ok Boss" replied Cho as just that minute a black SUV came up the lane and Fisher and Wiley got out.
"Hi Lisbon" they both said together.
"How is Jane" said Fisher with a look of concern on the face. "Is it from the head injury he got this morning"? She asks.
"Not well" said Teresa he's unconscious and not responsive" "Cho is going to wait for the ambulance so can you take the suspect back to FBI"?
"Yes will do" and goes and swops the keys with Cho and then gets into the SUV that the suspect is in and drives back down the lane.
As Teresa turns to go back in she can hear the sirens in the distance, and turns back to Cho and asks him.
"Can you remember the way we went before to go out to the barn"? She asks him. Well don't go as far as that and I will be waiting for you outside the door ok."
"Ok boss" he said with his deadpan expression. "Will do". He still cannot stop calling her Boss he has done that for a long time now.
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Teresa walks back into the cabin and goes up stairs and pulls out a go bag and places items for Patrick for the hospital. She then goes down into the kitchen and places a small bag of tea in the bag also.
As she comes down the stairs Teresa relies that they would not be able to get the stretcher through that narrow door that leads down to the tunnel, so she goes outside and directs them and Cho to a structure that looks like a large shed. She then goes into the cabin again and shuts the door which locks automatically and then goes down the steps to the tunnel. When she gets to the junction she turns left instead of right and walks along the tunnel until she gets to two very large doors. At the side of the doors is a pad which she punches in the code the doors slowly slide open. She then directs the ambulance into the shed and re shuts the doors them walks them back along the tunnel to where Patrick and Abbott were.
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Whilst Teresa had left, Patrick was still not responsive so Abbott placed him in the recovery position and then went over to talk to Lucyanne.
"Hi" said Abbott" "Are you ok little one". "Mummy will be back soon with some people who will look after your daddy". "Would you like to come and sit with me next to daddy" he asked which Lucyanne nods her head and Abbott lifts her out of the pen then sits her down next to her daddy so she could hold his hand. "Is that better" he asks and Lucyanne just nods her head again then gets hold of Patricks hand and holds it tightly, well as tightly as she could.
They had been sitting there for an hour when Abbott hear the swish of the door opening and Teresa's voice coming up the corridor as she is ushering the medics into the room.
"How is he" asks a very concerned Teresa. "Anything changed since I left" she asked.
"No has not regained consciousness yet" he replied I have kept an eye on his breathing its still a little rapid.
The medics asked Teresa and Abbott question about what happened this morning and what had he been doing before he collapsed. They described as best as they could what had happened as they checked his vitals and put in a drip and place an oxygen mask over his face then the four men then placed him on the stretcher and they then moved to go toward the ambulance. Teresa first picked up Lucyanne and then walked out behind them. As she neared the junction she picked up the bag for Patrick that she had packed earlier and Lucyanne's diaper bag before following the ambulance crew along the corridor towards the ambulance.
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Cho and Abbott had followed the ambulance and had got there before Teresa as she had to make sure everything was locked up and had to go to the garage behind the cabin to get her SUV as that is where Lucyanne's car seat was.
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She arrived at the Hospital and parked the car before getting Lucyanne out and the bags for Patrick and the diaper bag.
She walks into the hospital and walks up to the reception desk and asks were she can find Patrick Jane who has just come in with a head injury and that she was his wife and this was his daughter.
The receptionist directed her to the ER waiting room where she found Cho and Abbott waiting for her to come.
"Have you had any news yet" she asks
"No" Abbott replied. "They would not tell me anything as we were not family" "But now you are here we may get some answers" he said with a sigh.
Teresa passes Lu Lu over to Abbott then goes out of the waiting room and walks up to the nurse's desk and asks to see the doctor who is treating Patrick Jane and that she was his wife.
"Oh Mrs Jane we need you to fill out some forms as it looks like Mr Jane needs surgery on his head as it seems that he has a slight bleed" say's the nurse with a smile of sympathy which makes Teresa cringe.
"Well before I fill out these forms and give permission I would like to have a word with the doctor first" she says with a stern look towards the nurse. "I like to know where I stand with this before I decide so please get him to come and talk with me ASAP" she says as she turns and walks back into the waiting room.
About ten minutes later the doors open from the ER, and out came a tall man with short sliver hair. He had on a white coat and a stethoscope around his neck.
"Family of Mr Jane please" he asks which Teresa stands up and goes over to him.
"I'm his wife" she says. "Please explain what is wrong and then I will fill in the forms for you" she looks up at him with a frown.
"Follow me to my office and we will talk in private if that's ok with you".
She follows him through the doors to the ER and then turns down a corridor and into a room on the left. She sits down in front of his desk and then he begins.
"Well Mr Jane is not a very well man". "It seems from the time he left here this morning a bleed has started in his brain and it is causing the brain to swell which is causing pressure against the skull". "Has he been complaining of headaches since he was here" he enquired.
"Yeah he was earlier on today" "But he took some pain relief and said it eased off a bit so I was not concerned" she replied.
"Did he complain about nausea" he asked.
"Yeah again he would not each much of his breakfast" she replied it was a very early call this morning" she said looking a bit more worried.
"I want to ask you some more questions if that is ok" he asked.
"Ok if it will help".
"Well first of all I don't think the attack he had this morning caused the problem". Had Mr Jane had another head injury in the last few days or weeks" he asked.
"Yeah he was in interrogation when one of the suspects punched him in the face and he fell back and he hit his head on the wall" she replied.
"Well that's when the first concussion began and when he got attacked this morning started the bleed that was already leaking in his brain, this second one only make the bleed worse".
"So what do you need to do to make him better" she asks.
"Well what we will do is take him into the OT and place a tube inside his head so that the blood trapped can be drained so that the brains pressure is released. He will be on life support for a few weeks and put into induced coma so that the brain has time to heal." He said. "We have to start ASAP as more damage will be done if we do not relieve the pressure.
"OK" she said "You have my permission and I will go and fill out the forms while you go and do what you have to do.
She gets up and shakes his hand then heads out to the waiting area to brief Cho and Abbott on what has happened.
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Four hours later Teresa was sat in the family waiting room of the surgical floor with a mug of coffee that the nurse on night duty gave her. Cho and Abbott had gone into the FBI building to interrogate the suspect a couple of hours ago.
There was a big screen on one wall that showed you if the operations were still on going or has finished. Patrick name was fifth on the list and it still said on going so she new that it would still be a along time before it would finished.
She was having a hard time keeping her eyes open so she got herself comfy on an old couch that was in one corner of the waiting room and closed her eyes.
Earlier on she had rung the baby sister to see if she could take Lucyanne for the night and that she would pick her up the next morning. Jenny said that she would be honoured to keep her over night and that she would come and pick her up.
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About a couple of hours later Teresa woke up. As always when she first wakes up she is a little disorientated but slowly she remembers where she is and sits up. She also noticed that sometime while she was asleep one of the nurses had placed a blanket over her while she slept.
After she sat up she looked up to the big screen and noticed that Patrick's operation had finished a hour ago.
She got up and stretched then went out of the room and walked towards the nurse's desk.
"Is there any chance of me seeing my husband please, it seems that his operation had finished an hour ago"? "Why didn't you wake me"? She asks with a sigh.
"Your Husband is in intensive care at the moment you will be able to see him shortly but he won't be awake for a few days" the nurse informs her with a sad smile. "When he has woken and the doctors are happy with his progress he will be transferred back down to us" she said.
"Do you have a room ready for him then" Teresa asks. "If so can I put his bag in there its only clothes and toiletries" she enquires.
"Yes" said the nurse. "Its room 342 down the corridor on your right,".
"OK" said Teresa and starts to walk down the corridor to the door then walks in and places the bag on top of the bed and then goes back out, back towards the nurse's desk.
"What floor do I need to go to so I can wait until I can see my husband"? Teresa asks.
"Just take the elevators to the fifth floor and ask at the nurse's desk where you need to go".
"Thanks" she says as she walks towards the elevators and waits for the doors to open. When the doors open she walks in and punches the fifth floor button then waited for the doors to close and the elevator to move up to the fifth floor. As the doors open Teresa then exits and walks up to nurse's desk and asks where she need to go to see her husband.
The nurse at the desk get up and ushers Teresa down the corridor and into large double door that swish when opened. First she is guided into a room and asked to put on some clothing and a hat that she needs to put her hair in. She then was guided through some more double door and into a very large room with curtained areas dotted down each side of the room. They walked down the room and about eight cubicles along the nurse moved back the curtains and there looking deathly white was Patrick with a lot of machinery attached to him. There he had a bandage around his head and two drips one in each hand. He had a ventilator in his mouth which was artificially helping him breathe. There was a heart monitor bleeping at the side of the bed monitoring his breathing, his heart beat, and any other thing that needed to be monitored.
She walked up to the side of the bed and sat on the chair next to it and slowly picked up his hand and held it making sure that she did not dislodge the drip.
She started talking to him telling him that Lu Lu was with the baby sitter and that Cho and Abbott had gone back to FBI building a few hours ago to interrogate the suspect and that she had not been informed why he was around the buildings. She also told him what the doctor said and what they had done to him to relieve the pressure, and that would be in a coma for a number of days so that his brain would have chance to heal. She also told him that she loved him and would be hear when he wakes and that the team sends their love and hope you are feeling better soon and as soon as you are out of ICU they will come to visit as only family is allowed to visit in here. She also tells him that they won't be able to go away in 2 weeks as the doctor says it will take months for you to recover fully. So tomorrow she will ring the travel agents and get the flight cancelled or postponed until they can fly. Also she will inform Paddy that they will not be at the airport as planed that they would contact them when they are able to fly again.
An hour later a nurse comes up to her and tell her that she has to leave as visiting time are over but she can come back in the morning and stay all day with him. With that she gets up and gives him a kiss on the lips and wishes good night and that she will see him again in the morning. As she gets up the machines starts buzzing and bleeping.
"What's wrong" she asks the nurse who came in"
"Its ok" says the nurse "he can hear you and he just got a little upset when you said good night, it happens often when they first come in" she says while putting a comforting hand on Teresa's shoulder. "Its not something to worry about he has settled down now" she smiles at Teresa then ushers her out of the room.
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It was 3am when Teresa walked into the cabin and placed her keys in the bowl by the door and her phone before she sits down on the couch with a sigh.
What a day she thought to herself and it was not Patricks fault today he had been on good behaviour this morning at the crime scene and had not provoked anyone. Then he sat on a bench in the park opposite the crime scene, and then some crazy person just came up and started beating him up for no reason. What a state he was in this morning. Well we have who done that to him in custody.
She stood up and went and picked up her phone and sent a text to Jenny the baby sitter to see if she would keep Lucyanne for another night.
She then went up the stairs and walked into the bedroom and then into the bathroom and brushed her teeth then she got undressed and then put on one of Patrick's shirts and got into bed and then burst into tears. After they had subsided she then turned over and tried to relax and soon she nodded off in a fitful sleep.
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Next morning she was woken up by the alarm going off she leaned over and switched it off. She stretched then rolled over and sat up and put her feet over the side of the bed. She had woken up with a tension headache but new she had to get up and go into the FBI building to be debriefed to what happen yesterday.
She stood up and walked into the bathroom relieved herself then got her self ready to go to work.
As she walked down stairs her phone rang in her pocket. She took it out and placed the phone to her ear.
"Lisbon"
"Ah Lisbon" said Abbott. "Are you coming in this morning".
"Yeah I'm on my way" she said.
"Good see you shortly" he said then finished the call.
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She walked into the kitchen and got herself a coffee from the coffee machine which was programme to come on at a certain time so that when she got up a mug of coffee was ready for her. While she was drinking her coffee she got some pain killers out of the cupboard and shook two into her hand and popped them in her mouth and swallowed. She then decided to give Jenny a ring and to see how Lucyanne was getting on.
As she was waiting for Jenny to answer she busied herself making some toast. After the third ring the phone was answered.
"Jenny Ashton Daycare". "How can I help".
"Jen its Teresa how is Lucyanne doing"?
"Well she is still asleep as it was late last night before she would settle down" she replied.
"Look I wonder if you would have her for a couple of days, it would help a lot as Patrick has been put into an induced coma and won't be out of hospital for a number of days" she told her . "If you need to buy anything for her go ahead and I will pay you when I see you". "Just keep the receipts".
"Ok I have not got anything on for the next couple of weeks so I could do that for you" she said. "Maybe I could drop by later and pick up some toys for her the ones that she may take to bed with her" she suggest.
"Yeah she likes her floppy doll as she calls it" says Teresa. "How about I ring you when I get home and you come round and I can then have a little time with her before you take her home how does that sound".
"Sound alright by me, see you later them".
"Yeah got to go now but I'll keep you informed how Patrick is doing then you can tell her how he is ok".
"Yeah bye then".
They both hang up their phones and Teresa goes out the back door and locks it so that the security connects automatically, then walks across the concrete area and opens the garage with her remote. She then backs out the SUV and then closes the door with the remote. She then drives forward and drives out the back exit and turns toward the FBI building.
See arrives and parks up in the space allocated to her and then walks into the building. She says hello to the security guard at the scanner, places her items in the tray and then walks through and retrieves the items the other side. She then walks towards the elevators and waits with a number of people for the doors to open. As she arrives at her floor she exits the elevator and walks into the bull pen. She sees Wiley and Cho sat at their desks. She walks over to her desk and places her bag down near her chair before turning and walks back to them.
"Morning boys" she says with a sigh "How was your time with the suspect" she asks.
"Well he confessed to being the person who attacked Patrick yesterday morning" "Says he wanted to kill him" replies Cho. "And he had found out where you lived and was going to finish the job" Cho continued.
"How was Patrick"? Wiley asked her. "Is he going to be ok"?
"He's out of surgery and in ICU placed into an induced coma for a few days so that his brain can heal slowly." She said with a sigh. "When I finish here I'm going to go and visit him" she said"
"Where is Lucyanne"? Asked Cho.
"She's staying with the baby sitter for a few days".
At that moment Abbott came out of his office and walked over to Teresa and said.
"Lisbon I have been thinking".
"What's the matter Sir" "Anything wrong I should know of".
"No" "I was thinking last night while in bed and something that Lena said to me got me thinking about Patrick's safety at the hospital".
"What do you mean, that you think that one of his cronies might finish the job off on his behalf"? she replied with a very worried look.
"Yeah" "I'm going to have a guard posted outside the ICU and one at his side at night when you are not with him". "I know you are going back there after we have finished here". He said.
"Yeah I can stay all day but not at night" she replied "So not being funny but can we get this over with I would like to be there as soon as possible".
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She arrived back at the hospital just after 2pm in the afternoon. She had asked Abbott while it was quite could see make some personal calls before going to the hospital. She then made a call to Paddy to say that Patrick was in hospital and that they would not be able to fly for quite along time but when they could she would inform him. She then rang the travel agency and asked to postpone the holiday for the near future as her husband was in hospital and it will be a while until they will be able to fly again. She then rang the baby sitter and talked with Lucyanne telling her that she will be seeing her later on and that her daddy is ok at the moment, when he is a little better she will be able to come and visit him. With a few tears from Lucyanne she then made her way to the hospital to visit him.
She went up in the elevator to the fifth floor and exited the door and went up to the nurse's desk.
"How is he today" she asked as it was the same nurse she talked to yesterday.
"He's still asleep but you can go in to see him just push the intercom butter at the side of the door and the nurse inside will let you in" she said. She then turned back to her computer and started punching in things.
Teresa started to walk down the corridor and arrived at the door to the ICU. She punched the intercom button and a soft female voice came over.
"Hello how can I help" she said.
"I'm Teresa Jane I have come to sit with my husband Patrick Jane" she said quietly. He is in cubicle 8 I think" she replied.
"Ah yes" and with that the door automatically open to let Teresa in. She was met at the doors by another nurse who asked her to put on the white coat and cover her hair. She then walked through another set of doors and was back in the long room. They walked down the middle until they came up to cubicle 8 and the nurse then opened the curtains. Before she left she told Teresa how he was doing before leaving her with him.
Teresa moved across towards the chair sat at the side of the bed. She had brought a number of different books so she could read to him. Also she had brought some files so she could read them to him too.
Before she would tackle the reading she decided just to sit and hold his hand and talk to him instead. She told him how Lu Lu was getting on and that she would be seeing her later when Jen would be bring her home so that she can collect some toys for her and some extra clothes as she is staying with Jen for a few days. She told how she was missing him at home and that last night she had worn one of his shirts to bed so that she could feel that he was close.
She also told him about the suspect who has confessed that he had attacked him while in the park yesterday and that he had done it because you had done a reading for his sister, and caused her after your reading to kill herself but you are not to be blamed for that she had a choice. While she was talking she realised that she having trouble keeping her eyes open so while still holding his hand she laid her head down on the bed and dozed off.
She was woken up by a movement on the bed and as she became aware of her surroundings she realised that it was Patrick closing his hand around hers. She looked up at him startled as she realised that he was awake. She quickly pressed the call button and a nurse came running in. When she realised Patrick was awake to she went to get the doctor on call as this was not good.
When the doctor arrived she was asked to leave and to go out and sit in the visitors room but as she got up to leave Patrick became agitated and upset so they let her stay at the end of the bed so that he could still see that she was there, with that he settled down.
"Mr Jane"? The doctor asked. "Can you hear me"? Which Patrick just nodded his head which made him wince with the pain.
"You're in hospital you collapse in your home" "Can you remember anything?" The doctor asked him while he was shining a light in his eyes. Patrick just looked at him gone out as if he did not understand.
The doctor turned to Teresa and asked her to come outside with him so he could talk to her about this.
"Mrs Jane this is not good" "I do not understand how he has been able to wake up as he was on heavy sedation".
"Well doctor Patrick is a mentalist and he has a very strong control over his mind" "Its more likely while he has been sedated he has been trying to wake up on his own accord he does not like not being in control" she said.
"Well I understand now but we will still need to put him under because with him awake his brain is not being relaxed to mend" "I think you may have to talk with him and get him to agree" the doctor replied.
"You see he gets bored easily and his mind gets to work". "He does not sleep much and the amount of sleep he's had, has been enough to waken his brain up". "Sorry" she said. "I'll try to get him to understand that it's for his own good" she replied and went back into the cubicle to talk with him".
After she had got Patrick to agree to be put back under she bent down and gave him a deep passionate kiss on the lips then a light hug, before going out of the cubicle to find the doctor. She then stood again at the bottom of bed so Patrick could see her while the doctor prepared his prescription and injected it into the drip. Slowly Patrick's eyes began to close and soon he was again in a deep sleep.
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Mean while this was happening at the hospital. Abbott had arranged for security for outside Patricks ward. When he had got the guard in place he texted Teresa if she would like to meet him in the restaurant for a coffee so he can fill her in with what as been arrange and she can tell him how Patrick was doing.
After an half and hour Teresa walks into the restaurant and goes and gets herself a coffee and a chocolate muffin and walks over to Abbott and sits down opposite to him.
"Hi" he said. "How are you holding up"? He enquires.
"Hi yourself" she replies "I'm ok" "Could not say that of Patrick this afternoon though" looking so tired.
"Why do you say that"? "He is ok" he asks with a worried frown.
"Yeah he's ok" "Only found a way to beat the sedation and wake up". "Then started to panic when they asked me to leave" "Then refused to be put under again until I was asked to persuade him". "He's back under now" "They've given him a much stronger sedative".
"Oh bother" Abbott replied "Him and his super brain" he said with a chuckle which made Teresa smile too.
"How is the security detail doing"? She asks. "I saw the guard outside when I came out".
"Well there will be one guard in the day time outside of the ward, and at night after you have gone home one will be sitting in with him" he said. "And the night ones will be either Cho or Wiley they are going to take turns so if he does wake up again un expectantly then he will see a friendly face rather than a stranger" Abbott tells her.
"Thanks" she replies I'm going to go back to him now I know he is sleeping but it's nice just talking to him at least he knows I'm there" she says as she get up and says good bye to him then turns and walks out to go back to sit at his side.
After she had gone Abbott takes out his phone and rings Cho, to up date him how Patrick is doing. After he finished his conversation with Cho he then gets up and walks out the hospital and then drives back to the FBI HQ.
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Teresa walks back into the ICU and goes in to sit next to the bed. She talks his hand and squeezes it. She then gets up and leans over and gives him a kiss on the lips then sits back down and picks up a case file that she has been working. She starts telling him what the crime scene was like, and reading what the examiner's findings were. She then told him who she thought was the killer before closing the file and putting on the table beside her.
She started to tell him how she did not have much sleep last night as he was not there to hold her and that she had worn one of his shirts so she would feel him close. She also told him that Lu Lu talked to her on the phone and that she will be seeing her later when Jen comes for some toys and clothes. She also explained about what Abbott had done and that there would be a guard in the daytime outside the ICU and at night when she goes either Cho or Wiley will be sitting next too him just in case he wakes up again.
She then told him that she loved him and that she is missing him already, and not to be stupid and wake up again until they have brought him around.
Bye this time it was seven pm and she needing to go home so that she was there when Lu Lu and Jen arrived they were coming at eight. She got up and leaned over again and gave him a kiss on the cheek and lips then said good night and got up to leave.
As she walked out of the cubicle she bumped into the doctor she saw the day before.
"Good evening Mrs Jane". "I hope you are well". "I was just coming to see you before you go just to up date you on Mr Jane's condition" he says with a smile. "It seems that he is doing well, while you were away this afternoon we had his head scanned and it seems that the swelling is going down". "But he is not out of the wood yet" he says.
"Thank you". "I'm going home now as I have visitors shortly but a colleague of mind will be sitting with him all night as my boss thinks that he still is in danger from further attacks" she finishes before shaking his hand and turning and leaving the ICU.
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She arrives home to find Jen and Lu Lu waiting outside. She goes round the back and parks the SUV in the garage before going through the back door and opening the front one so they could gain entry.
"How is my little baby" she coos as she picks up Lu Lu and gives her a big hug, which Lu Lu gives back.
"Have you been a good girl for Jen then" while kissing her daughter all over her face.
"Ma Ma" Lu Lu says starting to cry "Da Da" sick.
"Yes he is that's why you need to stay with Jen for me Ok" she says with a stray tear slowing flowing down her cheek.
She turns to Jen who was just coming into through the door and give her a hug also.
"Thanks Jen for all your help I don't know what I would do with out you" she said with a hitch in her voice.
"That's ok no problem but I could do with some of her favourite toys especially one's that she takes to bed with her" "It took me a long time to get her to sleep she kept crying for her Daddy". "I see she's a Daddy's girl" she said with a smile.
"Well he does look after her while I'm at work" "He's only part time and only when they are stumped at the best do they ask for him" she replied. "So she she's more with him than me". "But that was the understanding we came to if I went back to work that one of us would be a home most of the time, and since Patrick is not always needed he decided it would be him". She said "I was not happy at first but as I got more into work it seemed to work for both of us. Then Patrick now and again will bring her in to work if we are meeting up for lunch but that is not very often.
She indicated for Jen to follow her and they proceeded up the stairs and into the nursery. There Teresa puts Lu Lu down and then starts sorting out some clothes and toiletries and other items Lu Lu would need for a few days. She also picked up floppy doll and passed it to Lu Lu to hold.
"Flopy doll" Lu Lu said holding her tightly to her chest.
"Yes and what else would you like to take with you and Jen then anything you like" Teresa asks her daughter.
"No" then starts to shake her head
"Ok" Teresa says giving her daughter a kiss on the check and picking her up again and then proceeding down stairs with Jen following carrying the bags of items.
"Right Jen what else do you need I can give you some money that I have or like I said you need to keep the receipts and I will pay you at the end of the month when you give me your bill".
"End of the month will be fine" Jen replies. "Not to worry ok".
"Ok" she says as they start to walk towards the front door.
Just then Lu Lu notice something and starts to point. "Want Ma Ma Want".
"What do want"? Teresa asks.
"Da Da" Lu Lu says still pointing towards the photos on the wall of them all.
"I'm sorry sweetie but Daddy's poorly in hospital he cannot come with you.
"No want" Lu Lu screams.
"I think she wants the picture to take with her" Jen looks at Teresa and then Lu Lu.
"Is that right sweetie you want to take a picture of Daddy.
With that Lu Lu nods so Teresa goes over to the one picture where they are all together and takes if off the wall and gives it to Lu Lu to hold.
They all go out of the cabin and Teresa places Lu Lu into the car seat at the back of Jen's car and then gives her daughter a huge hug and kisses before shutting the door.
"Thanks again for doing this for me" she said with tears in her eyes.
"That's ok" Jen replies "Anything I can do to help" "You and Patrick helped me when I needed money to start my business it's the least I can do." She said. "I'll ring you tomorrow to keep you up to date how she is doing ok."
"Yeah thanks". With that she waits until the lights fade away down the lane and then walks back into the cabin to settle in again on her own for the night.
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I hope you like this chapter. I have written more but I think it is going on to long so I've decided to break it up into smaller chapters. I hope you like the smaller versions. I look forward to your reviews, because they give me ideas and new angles on what I wrote.
Thanks Munkey.