Author's note: NEW CASE, NEW CASE. I want to thank for your lovely reviews on the last chapter. I was very worried and terrified. I am so touched.
Lisbon woke up early the next day hearing her phone buzzing on her bedside table. Groaning she threw away the sheets and answered it. It was about a new case. After calling the team and Jane, she stood up and got dress fast. Giving a kiss to her sleepy daughter and leaving a note to Angela, she left her house and drove to her crime scene.
She arrived first, and found the police officers and the coroner already to work. Her crime scene was on a park in a poor neighborhood. She didn't know about the victim yet and she had to wait until the forensic finished their work.
Ten minutes later the team and Jane arrived and they finally went closer and spoke with the coroner. They all stayed stunned when they saw their victim. It was a newborn. The poor baby was filled in blood wrapped in a blue blanket. According to the coroner, the baby was delivered the night before.
"It's a boy. He lived only a few hours." Dr Steiner explained softly.
"Was he born here?" Van Pelt asked with a broken voice.
"I don't know it. The umbilical cord was tied with sewing thread." Dr Steiner replied professional.
"The park is filled with dogs during the night. They must let him some hours ago." Cho said composed.
"And the is not trace of birth here. " Jane stated looking with tears at the baby.
"Ask around the neighbors. The mother may live here closely." Lisbon ordered and the team left with a nod.
"Are you hungry Lisbon?" Jane asked and Lisbon frowned to him. "Come on, I saw a dinner across the street." Jane continued and grabbed her hand making her follow him.
"Jane, we can't just sit here and eat. We need to find the parents of the baby." Lisbon said upset as they sat on a table.
"And we will." Jane responded softly and a old woman came to take their order.
"Hello, What would you like to have?" she asked friendly.
"Eggs for me and pancakes for my lady. And one tea and coffee to go." Jane said polite and she left with a nod.
"Relax. I promised you to find them. But first we need to eat something." Jane said with a small smile and Lisbon let out a sigh.
Ten minutes late, Jane had finished his eggs and Lisbon looked at him angrily. She had crossed her hands on her chest and she was ready to leave when Jane called the old woman to come.
"The eggs are great. Do you leave many years in this neighborhood?" Jane asked her gentle.
"Over twenty years." she replied calm.
"Do you know a woman who is ready to give birth around here?" Jane asked plain.
"Yeah. There is a young girl. She lived two blocks from here. She came to country two years ago."
"Can you tell us where we can find her?" Jane asked softly.
"Why?" she asked worried. "Is she in some kind of trouble?"
"No, miss. We need to make some questions to her." Lisbon interrupted and showed her the badge.
"She lives above the grocery store. She rents the house by Mr. Mills. He told me he thinks she is pregnant. She hides it because there is not a father around. " she replied and left quickly.
"Her name is Adrianna Lockseak. She lives in my apartment two months. She is twenty three years old. " Mr. Mills said calm.
"Does she live alone?" Lisbon asked with her professional voice.
"Yes. No one came to see her. Not even a friend. She is embarrassment. She is hiding her belly."
"How is that possible? I mean in her condition." Jane asked.
"She is wearing large clothes. Two weeks ago, she called me and told me she was sick. She asked me to bring her some supplies to her apartment."
"Did you help her?" Lisbon asked again.
"Yes. She is a nice person. I like her."
"Is she upstairs now?" Lisbon questioned him and he nodded. He brought them the second keys and they went upstairs. Mr. Mills knocked her door without getting an answer. Then Lisbon opened it with the spare key and entered with Jane on her side.
As soon they were inside, the smell of blood filled the air and they instant knew something was off. They made their way to the bedroom and found a young woman lying down to her bed. Around her there was blood. Jane checked her pulse but she was gone.
"Someone took her baby. She didn't even have an chance." Jane said with sadness.
"We must find who took him." Lisbon said composed and pulled out her phone and made a call.
Five minutes later, the team with the forensics and Dr Steiner came and began to work. Lisbon with Jane knocked the next door and began the interviews.
"Did you hear anything last night?" Lisbon asked the old man who lived next to the unlucky woman.
"Yes. Around three at night someone knocked her door. Adrianna must open because they stopped after a while." he told them
"Did you hear anything else after it?" Lisbon asked serious.
"Nothing."
"How is it possible? She was in labor. She should have been in pains."Jane questioned him
"I watched television. I don't hear very good." he apologized. "I wish I could have done something."
"Did you notice anything else?" Lisbon asked with her professional voice.
"Yes. For days there was a blue car outside. But not today."
"Do you remember the license plate?"
"No. I'm sorry. I don't see very well in distance."
"Thanks for your help. If you remember anything please contact with me." Lisbon replied and gave him a card.
"Rigsby take Cho, search around the neighborhood for security cameras. I want all the stuff today." Lisbon ordered him and they left quickly with a nod.
"Did you find anything?" Lisbon asked when they entered again at the crime scene.
"Yes." Van Pelt responded and showed them a box. "There are over twenty thousand dollars in here. We didn't find her cell phone. They must take it with them. And a photo under her sheets. She is with a man and there is a note behind it 'My love and father of my baby'. I know the man. He is famous."
"That's good. Who is he?" Lisbon asked feeling happy to have finally progress on the case.
"Ricardo Tyson. He is a singer."
"I heard of him. He is married. " Jane said softly. "My guess is the money came from him. He didn't want the baby and he tried to buy her silence. "
"We also found a prescription. She went recently to her doctor. " Van Pelt said and showed them the bottles of pills.
"Okay. Let's go to visit first her doctor. Van Pelt, stay here until they finished. I will see you later back on the CBI." Lisbon said and left with Jane.
"Yes, I wrote it." Dr Harris said as he examined the paper in front of him. "I think I remember her. It was over a month ago. She came without a date. She was in pain."
"So, you weren't her doctor?" Lisbon asked confused.
"No. She told me her doctor was out of town."
"What was her condition then?" Jane asked seriously.
"Her iron was low. She needed vitamins and rest. I took an ultrasound to check the health of the baby."
"Is there anything that you find it strange?" Jane asked him again.
"She was exciting and emotional to see the baby. It was like she never before took an ultrasound. "
"Do you mean until then she hasn't gone to a doctor?" Lisbon asked puzzled.
"I don't know. I found it very weird. She reacted like it was her first time. Like she accepted her baby and she wanted to meet it."
"Thank you." Lisbon said and with a handshake they let his office.
"What do you think?" Lisbon asked Jane as they got in the car.
"I think she didn't want the baby at first. She kept it because she decided to give it away. Then she changed her mind. That is why she was killed. " Jane replied softly.
"I hate cases like it. They made me upset. "
"I know the feeling. How did you sleep last night?" Jane said changing the topic smiling.
"Good. You?" Lisbon replied without taking her eyes of the road.
"Very good. I hope you had a nice time last night."
"You know I did." Lisbon replied with a laugh.
"Good. Does it mean we can do it again?" Jane asked hopefully.
"I think there is a chance. " Lisbon responded blushing.
Jane didn't say anything. He just took Lisbon's hand and caressed it smoothly. They stayed silent for the rest of their drive.
Around three Lisbon had a phone from the coroner. he had finished the autopsy and he found something. Lisbon went alone and Dr Steiner began to spoke.
"She died after the labor. She wasn't on her days. She had two weeks yet. " he began.
"How did she die?" Lisbon asked looking at the young woman on the table.
"She had preeclampsia, bleeding on her livar and blood coagulation She didn't have any chance. The person who helped her didn't know anything about labor".
"What if she was transfer in a hospital? Did they have time to save her or the baby?"
"Time? Time to save both of them."
"And the baby? How did he die?"
"From bleeding. From the umbilical cord"
"And when they understood the baby was death, they left it on the park." Lisbon said with a sigh.
"Exactly."
"Thank you. Tell me if you find anything else."
Lisbon entered the bullpen and asked the team for an update. First Cho and Rigsby spoke.
"We collect the tapes from the shops around the park and her house. nothing so far." Cho said coolly.
"I found something. The address she left on her doctor, a woman in her age stayed there. She is from the same country. She came two years ago. She may be one of her friends." Van Pelt said behind her office.
"Nice. Take Rigsby and go talk to her." Lisbon said and went in her office.
Rigsby and Van Pelt knocked Miss Lana Bloom's front door. A minute later, she opened it and Van Pelt and Rigsby showed her their badges. She looked frighten to them and she let them inside closing the door behind them. As they arrived at the living room she asked them polite how she could help them.
"Did you know Adrianna Lockseak?" Rigsby asked softly.
"Yes. Why?" she asked worried.
"We found her death in her apartment." Van Pelt replied and she helped her sit down on the couch.
"How?" she asked tearfully.
"She died in labor. Someone tried to help her and save the baby." Van pelt explained calm.
"Who could he do it?"
"We need your help in it. Do you know if she had a boyfriend?" Rigsby asked
"No." she responded shaking her head negatively. "She told me about somebody but not a name. She didn't like to talk about her life. She tried to find a job, to stay here. And the baby?"
"Unfortunately no. He died from bleeding. We found it on a park." Van pelt replied.
Adrianna gave your address at a doctor. Did she live here?" Rigsby asked.
"Yes. For a few days."
"How did you meet her?" Rigsby asked again.
"We worked together. We belonged to Ricardo Tyson's team. We were his dancers. "
Back at CBI Lisbon tried to focus on her work. The case made her sad and angry. She was too young and the baby was innocent. They deserved better. She made her purpose to catch the responsible of their death. She threw her head on her hands letting a few tears to fall. She had closed the blinds, so nobody from the team to see her in this condition.
Jane got in without knocking with a bag on his one hand and coffee and tea on the other one. After leaving them on the desk, he moved around the desk and putted his hands on her shoulders massaging them slowly.
"Are you okay?" he asked worried making her standing and pulling her in a tight hug.
"Yes. Just a little upset. Where were you?" Lisbon whispered on his neck.
"I had an appointment. I will tell you soon, I'm promise. I just want to have it ready first."
"Now you make me worried."
"There is nothing to worry for. It's a good thing. I'm promise." Jane replied with a smile looking at her eyes.
They stayed for a few moments on this position until Jane leaned down to kiss her lips. He kissed her gently and then he pulled back to look at her.
"I didn't give you permission to kiss me." Lisbon teased him.
"Yes, you did." Jane said with a smile on his face. "Your eyes asked me too. And I don't remember to stop me."
"And what do my eyes say now?" Lisbon asked her and brought her lips to his.
Jane kissed her deeply, her body in contact with his. He moved his hands on her waist. When he heard a moan, he pressed his body more to hers and lifted her up making her sit on her desk. He stood between her spread legs and he continued to kiss her. No one could see them and Jane moved his lips on her neck. Lisbon dig her nails on his flesh and heard a moan from him. She never felt so good after Greg's death. Her whole body burnt under his touch. If they weren't in the office, they would be making love.
"Teresa." Jane whispered and he made her shiver.
"Jane, we have to stop. Someone may come in." Lisbon whispered hating to break the contact.
Jane swallowed, his eyes still closed. He leaned against the desk to find some balance and he opened his eyes slowly. They weren't blue now but almost black. Lisbon smiled cocky at him and she lifted his face and pecked him softly on his lips. Then she stood up and fixed her clothes. Jane moved around and sat on the chair. He opened the bag and pulled out two sandwiches. He offered her the one and they began to eat smiling to each other.
Around six Angela appeared with Charlotte at the CBI. They opened Lisbon's door office and got in. Charlotte ran immediately to her other giving her a kiss on her cheek. Then she walked and hug Jane with a smile.
"Angela, why did you come here?" Lisbon asked softly.
"I'm sorry Lisbon. I need to go back to the university and I didn't know where to let her." Angela apologized.
"It's okay. We were finished for today. No problem." Lisbon replied gentle. "Let me introduce you our new consultant. Mr. Patrick Jane." Lisbon said and showed her at Jane. "Jane, she is my sister in law Angela."
"Nice to meet you." Jane said polite making handshake with her.
"My pleasure. I need to go. I will see you at home Teresa." Angela responded with a friendly smile and left.
"Charlotte, did you eat lunch?" Lisbon asked her daughter calm.
Charlotte shook her head negatively still in Jane's embrace.
"What do you want to eat?"
"Ice cream." she replied enthusiastically.
"Ice cream is not food. " Lisbon replied serious making Charlotte's face to fall.
"Your mother is right. Well, if your mother agrees, I'll like to take you both out for lunch and then ice cream." Jane suggested and Charlotte smiled.
"Can we mommy?" Charlotte asked happily.
"Are you sure Jane? Don't you have any plans for tonight?" she asked softly .
"No. I want to spent my evening with the most beautiful girls I know." Jane replied with a grin.
"Okay. But I will pay for dinner." Lisbon said serious and Jane let a sigh.
"Okay, But ice cream is mine." Jane responded casual.
"Deal." Lisbon chuckled.
Jane with Lisbon and Charlotte sat on a little place near at CBI. They ate burgers and fried potatoes with coca cola. After it Jane took them for a walk at the park for ice cream. They sat on a bench as Charlotte was on the playground. Jane hold Lisbon's hand the whole time. Around ten at night , he escorted them back to their plates. Charlotte gave him a last kiss on his cheek and when she went upstairs, he pulled Lisbon in his arms and kissed her. Saying goodbye he left and drove back to his place. Before he slept, he send Lisbon a message with his phone.
"Thank you for the lovely evening. Goodnight my princess."
Jane smiled with her reply "The princess retaliated." and close his eyes .