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OKAY SO I'M SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS SO SHORT, BUT I THOUGHT ALL YOU JO/MAC FANS OUT THERE MIGHT BE HAPPY TO READ THIS NEXT PART OF THE STORY BEFORE THE WEEKEND.

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What happened at the end of the previous chapter.

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Colin forced out a long breath. "His brother was a good man, but Alex Cole? All he lives for is domination and power, and he doesn't care how he obtains it."

Mac frowned across at him. "He had a brother?"

Colin turned away and looked out of the side window.

"Colin. Who was his brother?"

Slowly he met Mac's anxious gaze. "James Carter. . . Jo's father."

"Oh God." He leaned back in his seat and let out an unsteady breath. 'Okay just calm down and breathe.' "She's looking for a missing box. Do you know where it is?"

Colin swallowed into a dry throat and glanced back at Mac. "I have the box."

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CHAPTER 5.

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A moment of silence stretched between them. Mac stared back at Colin, feeling more confused than ever. "You have the box?"

Colin sighed heavily and looked back at the road. "Megan Williams worked at one of the Modern Art Museum's in Washington. She phoned me from work and asked me to meet her at lunch time. I went down there and she handed me a box."

Mac's frown deepened. "When was this?"

Colin turned back to Mac. "6th April 2007 at about 16:00."

Mac sighed inwardly. "Just hours before this all went down at Hollis Lane."

"Yea. . . She told me to look after it and make sure it was kept somewhere safe. She told me not to tell Seth or Jo that I had it." Colin glanced back at the road. "She . . . said if Seth found the document it would ruin his life. She refused to tell me any more. She just ran back into the Museum, leaving me standing in the alley with this box. That was the last time I saw her alive." He swallowed back the emotions. "I took it home that day and . . . hid it."

Mac continued to stare anxiously at him. "What's in the box Colin?"

He remained silent.

Mac leaned toward him. "Seth's dead and Jo's missing! Now tell me what's in the damn box?!"

Colin swallowed hard. "An x – sv Female Lineage DNA Record." He met Mac's intense gaze. "Seth and Jo shared . . . the same biological Mother."

Mac's eyes widened. "Does . . . Jo know?"

"No." Colin muttered.

Mac swore under his breath. He started the car and fixed Colin with a long, hard stare. "Tell me where it is?!"

He released a long, shaky breath and dragged his fingers through his hair.

"Now Colin!" Mac shouted.

"Okay, okay it's . . . 2 W 130th."

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Nolan blew out a breath and leaned back in his seat. "Systems are back online."

The tracer beeped erratically and Alex glanced across at the other monitor. He smiled viciously. "And now we know where she's been hiding out."

Nolan's eyes flashed back at the screen. "She's somewhere near Sound View Park."

Alex grabbed his jacket from the chair. "Go and get Ed. We have to find her now!"

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Jo buzzed on the intercom several times but Colin wasn't answering. She'd guessed he would be at work. She moved quickly around to the back of the building and scanned the perimeter. Fortunately for her, the alley was deserted. She jumped up, grabbed the ladder and climbed the fire escape to Colin's window. After several attempts and a whole lot of force, she finally managed to get the window open and clambered inside.

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Mac drew to a stop at the side of the road.

Colin sighed resignedly and looked up at his apartment building. "Here it is. Second floor." His eye's widened. "Shit! There's someone in my apartment!"

Mac quickly drew out his gun and looked up at the window.

Mac grabbed Colin before he could leg it out of the car. "Stay Here! I'll go and take a look."

Colin flashed Mac an angry stare.

"Just do it Colin!"

He muttered under his breath and slouched back in the seat. "Fine. I'll wait here."

Mac got out of the car and moved quickly up the steps to the main entrance.

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Jo caught sight of a large engraved box sitting at the bottom of Colin's wardrobe. It was almost identical to the two smaller boxes in the cabinet back at Seth's place. She crouched down grabbed it.

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Mac's heart raced as he charged up the stairs and dashed along the dark corridor to Colin's apartment. He slowed his pace, crept up to his door and tried the handle.

Jo's heart froze as she stared down at the DNA Sample sheet In front of her. Suddenly, the terrible memory flashed back into her mind.

Seth grabbed her hand. 'Jo. . . You're . . . my half sister.'

Tears filled her eyes. "NO!" She cried.

Fear gripped Mac's heart when he heard her cry out. "JO!"

He reared back and slammed his body into the door. It didn't budge. "JO . . . IT'S MAC. OPEN THE DOOR!" Suddenly he heard footsteps running to the back of the apartment. "JO STOP!"

He swore under his breath, reared back and slammed into the door harder. This time the lock broke and it flew open. He bolted into the apartment and took off after her.

Jo raced through the back room and pulled the window open.

She'd very nearly made it onto the fire escape, but suddenly his strong arms grabbed her from behind and pull her back inside.

She tried to get free. "Let me go!. . . Mac! Just . . . let me go!" She shouted.

He whirled her around and checked her over for injuries.

Thank God. . . Finally I've found her.

He gripped her tighter and fixed her with a long, hard stare. "Don't you ever do that to me again!"

He swallowed back the heart ache as he pulled her against him and held onto her for dear life.

She tried several more attempts to pull away, but he wouldn't let her go. A sob escaped her and she sunk into his arms.

He forced himself to calm down. He brought her head to his chest and stroked her hair. "Shh. It's gonna be okay." he whispered.

After a couple of minutes he pulled away slightly and gazed into her eyes. "You okay?"

She stepped back and turned away. "I'm . . . fine."

Suddenly He caught sight of the rucksack on her back. "Did you find the box." He asked softly.

She sighed heavily and met his anxious gaze. "Yes."

Mac suddenly noticed the anger flicker in her eyes.

"Where's Colin?"

"He's outside in the car." He answered.

Jo tore around Mac and bolted out of the room.

Mac muttered under his breath and went off after her.

Jo slammed through the main doors of Colin's apartment building and came to an abrupt stop on the side street. A split second later Mac had joined her and was now staring across at his car. "Dammit!" He ran into the road and scanned the street. Colin had gone.

Jo started walking quickly up the street. Before she knew what was happening Mac was by her side, steering her back to his car. "I'm driving you to my Apartment and you're gonna get some sleep. You look exhausted."

"I . . . need to . . . spend some time alone. I'm going back to . . . my place." What she really mean't was, she was going to disappear back to Sound View Park.

"That's not gonna happen Jo. I want you where I can see you." Mac moved around the car with her, and opened the door. "Get in."

She could see the stubborn determination on his face and knew Immediately that he wasn't going to let her get away from him. She sighed inwardly and got into the passenger seat.

Mac shut the door, walked around the car and got in. He started the engine and noticed her put the rucksack by her feet.

"What else have you got in there?"

She continued to stare out at the road and said nothing.

She looked so lost right now and it brought a low, raw ache gripping at his heart like a vice. He pushed out a breath, turned the car around and drove the car back up W130th.

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At 14:30 Don had turned up at the CSI Department looking for Mac. Immediately, Danny pulled him into the conference room and demanded he tell him everything he knew about the case. Several minutes later the two of them were joined by Lindsay, Adam, and Sheldon.

Don saw their concerned faces so he gave in and told them what he and Mac had been up to last night. He also showed them the three documents that Kye had given to him. Five minutes later he finished filling the team in on everything he'd missed out and was met by a long, tense silence.

Finally Danny rose from his seat and stared back at Don, the stunned shock still flickering in his eyes. "We need to get to Inwood and . . . search for evidence. We've got to find Jo!"

Don sighed heavily, "This is an FBI Case remember. If you go up there now, the FBI will see you and frog march you straight out of there." He grabbed his phone from his pocket and pressed speed dial.

Sheldon tore his eyes from the Case File and glanced across the room at Don. "Are you calling Mac?"

"Yep." Don pressed the phone to his ear and started pacing.

"Good. Because this is making me really nervous and Mac should be back by now." Lindsay murmured quietly.

Don was relieved when he finally answered the phone. "Mac. Where the hell are you?"

Mac opened his front door and Jo moved briskly passed him into the Apartment. "I'm . . . at home." He frowned slightly, when he saw Jo walk across the main living room into his office carrying her rucksack with her. He quickened his pace and followed her.

Don stared down at the phone like it had just grown two heads. Mac never went home in the middle of the day. "What are you doing at home?"

Adam raised his eyebrows at Don. "Mac's at home?"

Mac's eyes widened as Jo pulled out an impressive looking Hard Drive and placed it on his desk.

Don raised his voice down the phone. "Mac! Talk to me!"

"I've . . . gotta go. I just wanted you to know I've found Jo and she's fine. She's with me, so she's safe."

"Oh thank God. . . Are you sure she's okay?"

Sheldon rose quickly out of his seat and glanced anxiously back at Don.

Don pressed the phone closer to his ear. "Mac? . . . Mac!" He muttered a curse and hung up.

Danny stared anxiously across at him. "Mac's found Jo?"

He released a long, steady breath. "Yea. He's found her."

"That's . . . really good news." Sheldon answered, slightly breathlessly.

Adam sunk back in his seat like a wet sponge. "Thank God."

Danny walked quickly up to Don. "Where did he find her?"

"I don't know, but I'm gonna find out."

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"Jo. What is this?" Mac asked, feeling a little uneasy now.

She connected the hard drive to his computer and stared across at the monitor. "I managed to disable Alex Cole's Security System's and was able to retrieve about half a dozen of his private files."

Several documents came up on the screen.

Mac tore his eyes from Jo and glanced across at his computer. "That's . . . Alex Cole's signature."

She scanned the pages. "My God." Her eyes widened. "He's been involved in Embezzlement, Securities Fraud, Skimming Casino's." She scrolled further down the page and swallowed back a lump in her throat. "Art Theft, Arms Trafficking, Drug trafficking . . ." Her breath hitched in her throat as she came to the bottom of the page.

Contract Killings. . . Sex Trafficking. . . CRAP!

Mac pulled Jo away from the computer and quickly closed the window.

Jo got shakily out of the chair and tore out of the Mac's Office.

"Jo." Mac came to a stop at the door way and watched her disappear down the hall. A few seconds later he heard the door to the Guest Room being slammed shut. He leaned against the door and looked back at the computer. The rage slammed through his heart. I will find you, you sonofabitch.

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Yea . . . MAC AND JO ARE TOGETHER AGAIN.

MAC WILL TALK TO CHRISTINE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER . (I DON'T KNOW HOW AMICABLE THAT CONVERSATION WILL BE YET.)

AND AFTER THAT MAC AND JO WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT JO WROTE IN THE LETTER. MAN THIS IS GONNA START GETTING ANGSTY AND HOT WITH JO / MAC IN THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS.

AND THEN OF COURSE EVERYONE'S GONNA BE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND ALEX COLE. WILL HE FIND JO FIRST THO?

WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE:)