Author's note: Sorry for the delay. I had a lot to do the last days. I hope you like this chapter. Thanks everybody about the support. It means a lot to me.
Lisbon returned home and as soon she closed the door behind her, she found herself to be hugged by Charlotte.
"Mommy, you are back." Charlotte said and Lisbon hugged her back.
"Yeah. I missed you. How was your day in school? Everything is fine?" Lisbon asked with concerned.
"Yes. I played and draw new pictures. Aunt Angela took me and we went for shopping." Charlotte replied enthusiastically.
"What did you buy?" Lisbon asked smiling and took Charlotte's hand and sat together on the couch.
"Food and aunt Angela bought me a nerf gun."
"Isn't she a mom's girl?" Angela said coming to the room. "The apple will fall under the tree." she continued mocking.
"Come on. Go and bring it to show it to me." Lisbon said to Charlotte and she stood up and began to run to her room.
"How was your day? You looked tired." Angela asked serious.
"New case and a new member in my team. Both at the same day." Lisbon exhaled lightly.
"New member?" Angela asked curious.
"Yeah. I met him the other day at the fundraiser and he spoke to Minelli to work with me. He is a psychic. " Lisbon mumbled.
"And Minelli agreed? The last time, you didn't get along with Mrs. Frye. What is his name?"
"Patrick Jane. You may know him. He is quite popular and not in a good way. "
"I heard of him. He doesn't have a good reputation. Especially in his personal life. Why did he ask to join your team? What does he want?"
"Believe it or not, he said he is romantic interesting to me. That he wants to get me know better." Lisbon scoffed.
"And?" Angela asked curious.
"And what?"
"Do you like him? " Angela asked her nervously.
"He is really beautiful. And he has a way to get under your skin but no. I'm not ready to date yet." Lisbon sighed.
"Teresa, I know it's your life but you should let people closer to you. You are not only a mother and a cop. You are also a woman. And you need someone to remind you this. " Angela respond softly.
"And you think he can do it?" Lisbon asked sarcastically.
"I don't know. But you have to low your walls and go back to the game." Angela replied serious and continued without waiting a respond. "Greg won't come back. It has been five years. You need to move on. You need a new companion and a father for Charlotte. "
"What do you think I have to do? "
"Trust people. Give them a shot before you reject them. You may have Charlotte but I know a part of you miss something. You may be hurt. It's normal. But you will regret it if you won't try it." Angela suggested and they changed the topic as Charlotte came back and started to shoot Lisbon with her new nerf gun.
Meanwhile:
Jane sat at his couch and opened the case file and started to read it. He found fascinating all the thrill to catch the murderer and he found himself to enjoy working at the CBI. His new coworkers were good and honest people. They seemed to have create a small family between them and Cho and Rigsby were a little distant with him. Van Pelt was more opened to him, she believed that he has the power and she told him about her cousin Yolanda who is a psychic too. Lisbon was mad with him at the beginning but she was very professional and let her emotions away and took him with her in interviews and she explained the procedure polite.
He had worked with the police before but it was nothing like it. He found the cops boring and he did it only to gain reputation and some extra money. Having good relationships with cops was always useful in his job. He had charmed some people and he could get information about his clients from time to time.
But working with Lisbon and het team was different. He didn't feel cold and he liked to feel that he belonged in their little family. When he arrived the morning, his only task was to win the bet but during the day it wasn't his priority. Lisbon was a nice person and he enjoyed their time together. He wanted to learn more about her and her past. He couldn't read her clearly. At the references to her ex-husband and her mother he saw the sadness and the hurt. It was clear that she had a bad childhood and because of it she couldn't trust someone easily. He had a lot to do to make her open to him and it would not be a easy task. But he found himself to look forward to see her again.
He heard a knock on his door and he stood up to open the door. It was his friend Matt who entered in uninvited. Jane let out a sigh and closed the door behind him.
"How is my favorite agent? Did you catch a lot of bad guys today?" Matt joked Jane.
"It's not funny Matt. If you came to make fun, leave. I don't want company." Jane respond serious.
"I came to learn the progress and I also bring you something." Matt replied and moved a file to his direction. Jane picked it up and examined it carefully.
"What is it?" Jane asked.
"Teresa Lisbon's personal file. I had to use many favors to get it." Matt explained.
"I didn't ask you to do it. Why?" Jane asked upset.
"I won't let our opportunity to flow away. " Matt said casually.
"My opportunity Matt. Not ours or yours. Mine. And I won't read it. I don't need it. " Jane respond aggressive and threw the file on the table. "You are here because of me. You worked for me. Don't forget it. " Jane continued with a loud voice. "When I will need something, I will call you. Don't take decisions alone."
"This contract is huge. We will play in a different level Patrick. The money is amazing. Our life will change forever. We will have everything we dream. " Matt remarked.
"I know. But it's my life. And I will decide it. Now leave. I have to get up early." Jane respond and showed him the door. Matt left angry, closing the door behind him loud.
The next morning:
"Morning boss." Rigsby said taking a sip of his coffee from his desk.
"Morning guys." Lisbon respond entering the bullpen looking at everybody. "Did we have any progress?"
"Nothing yet Boss." Cho replied serious.
"Van Pelt, any progress with our victim's computer?" Lisbon asked Van Pelt.
"I think I may find something. I need to run some tests first." She respond composed.
"Good. Keep working with it. Cho will help you. Rigsby, you and Jane go and talk again to the sister about the ex-husband." Lisbon ordered looking at Jane who nodded smiling and Rigsby. "I have a meeting with Minelli. He wants an update of the case." Lisbon finished and turned to leave.
Jane sat at the first passenger sit and Rigsby started the car. They drove for a while without talking until Jane broke the silence.
"Why are you and Cho distant with me? I get the feeling that you don't like me."
"We made a search for you. We don't trust you." Rigsby respond uneasily.
"I feel there is more than it." Jane pushed him.
"You don't trust people. You don't have friends. Everything to you is a game. And you always want to win that game. We think that's the reason you came to CBI. After Lisbon rejected you, you need to heal your ego. "
"You have the wrong opinion about me, Rigsby. I really like her. And Lisbon is a grown up woman. She can protect herself." Jane respond calm and composed.
"I know it. Look. Cho and I work many years with her. We are a little overprotective with Lisbon. She had been through a lot in her life and we don't want to see her devastated again. If that's only a game for you, please stop. If you really like her, we will give you an opportunity. But speaking about Cho too, if you ever hurt her, you may need to be ready to pain. Because we will come and we will find you." Rigsby respond dead serious.
"Noted my friend." Jane spoke again and looked out of the window. "It's up to you if you believe me or not." Jane murmured lost in his thoughts.
"I know I shouldn't have let him in." Ms Tyson said when Rigsby asked her why she let her sister's ex husband inside to her apartment. "I felt sorry for him. He was crying and he asked me to show him where she lived. He wanted to see if she lived comfy and good without him. More than everything he wanted to know if she had found a new man. He left when I asked him. He promised me to not go back there. "
"And your sister understood that you were the person who revealed her address." Jane said softly.
"Yeah. She asked me to give her back the key. She couldn't trust me anymore. That morning I went to leave them and asked her to forgive me. she respond with tears.
"When was the last time you saw your sister ?" Jane asked.
"The night before. She came here. She was out on a date. She was upset".
"Did she tell you his name?" Rigsby asked gentle.
"She didn't want to discuss it. She asked me to sleep here. She would explain me some other time she told me. I was puzzled because she never left her house. I believed she was afraid." she respond and went and grabbed a jacket from the chair. "She wore it the day she came here. It belonged to the man she was with. She was cold and he gave it to her. She asked me to keep it and give it away."
Rigsby took it carefully and Jane examined it. "It looks expensive." Jane said serious.
"Thanks for your help. Mrs. Tyson." Rigsby said and they left her house.
Back to the CBI:
"What is it?" Lisbon asked Van Pelt and looked at the screen of her computer.
"This is a video chat. Do you see the camera? Someone with the name 'love me' started video chat with our victim at the midnight. " Van Pelt explained.
"He made a video chat the same night she died?" Lisbon asked curious.
"According to her computer, they were talking after her death too."
"Amelia was already dead that time. The only person who could accept the video chat is our killer. So, the killer watched her all night from her camera."
"Do you see this window?" Van Pelt asked. "It's me now. And here is our victim. She must have recorded it a few days before her death. She made a test in her camera. And the killer must moved the camera. We found the camera on her screen and on the video seemed to be beside her. "
"Yeah. But something is missing. The painting. There was no painting on her room when we arrived. The killer must take it."
