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Rated: T

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Chapter 5

"Everyone who hates his brother is a murder." 1 John 3:15 (ISV, 2012)_

Sacramento, California (CBI Headquarters) – Patrick Jane

He was in a rare state of perfect contentment. It had been a good day, he'd solved a case in the span of 24 hours and he'd done it without stepping on any toes. And now there was close cased pizza (pineapple) waiting for him in the bullpen.

He was pretty sure that, aside from catching a Red John case, nothing would be able to put a damper on his good mood. In fact, he was pretty sure that a night with Lisbon and nothing to distract them, it could only improve.

But of course, nothing ever went the way he planned.

As soon as he got downstairs, Van Pelt told him that Lisbon was waiting for him in her office with visitors. With a wistful look at the stack of pizzas sitting on his vacant desk, he went to see who could possibly be visiting him.

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"Lisbon, I hope this isn't going to take long. I hate cold pizza—"

"Hello Patrick," a familiar voice interrupted him mid-sentence.

His mouth dropped open. "Kane, what are you doing here? It's been ages since the last time I saw you!"

"Are you saying that you aren't happy to see me?" His older brother asked, feigning offence. "Well, how do you like that?"

"Of course I'm happy to see you!" Jane answered quickly. "I'm just a little surprised, is all. I haven't heard from you in forever! The last time you called was at Christmas. . ."

"I'm sorry. I've just been extremely busy," he said. "I was actually out of the country for a while on business. I know I should have called sooner, but you know how life gets in the way. I'm pretty sure you've been busy too. The beautiful Agent Lisbon here was just filling me in on some of the cases you two have been taking care of lately."

"I at least sent you an e-mail to tell you that I'd be too busy to be in touch," Jane reminded him.

"You actually have an e-mail address?" Lisbon asked teasingly.

"Yes," Jane answered, shooting her a mock glare before turning to his brother. "Anyways, what brings you to Sacramento, Kane? Business or pleasure?"

"A little of both. My boss wanted me to take care of some things at the office here," Kane replied. "And you've talked so much about Teresa the past nine years that I thought it was about high time I came and met her. I can see why she's had your attention for such a long time. She's absolutely stunning, Patrick."

Jane glanced at Lisbon and saw that she was blushing furiously as she tried to come up with a polite way to shut his brother down. He decided a change of subject was completely in order.

"Who's the beautiful woman you have with you?" He asked. "Have you told me about her before?"

"That's Lorelei," Kane answered, waving a bored hand in the air. "She's just a friend."

"Well, any friend of Kane's is a friend of mine," Jane said, holding out his hand out to shake Lorelei's. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"And you," she replied, her voice sugary sweet. "I've heard so much about you and about you too, Agent Lisbon. I feel like I know both of you already."

Lisbon cleared her throat, and Jane knew she had suddenly found her voice. "I'm going to run to the ladies room."

"I'll come with you Agent Lisbon," Lorelei said, rising to her feet. "It was a long drive. And I'm sure that Kane would love a chance to catch up with Patrick."

"Sure," Lisbon agreed, glancing at Jane. "I'll see you in a little bit, Jane. Have fun with your brother."

When Lorelei and Lisbon were both gone, Jane turned to Kane and smiled.

"So, is Lorelei really your girlfriend and you have to keep it a secret because she's your co-worker too?" Jane asked.

Kane blushed under his brother's scrutiny. "Of course not! You know that I don't have girlfriends, Patrick."

"She's your lover than or maybe a friend with benefits," Jane said. "Whatever it is, I can tell that you like her quite a bit."

"No," Kane said. "I mean, yes. I like her a lot, but Lorelei and I are just friends. That's all. She was actually interested in meeting you."

"Me?" Jane asked, his glance unwittingly going to the break room where Lisbon was chatting with Lorelei. "Why would she be interested in meeting me?"

Kane shrugged. "Probably because you're single and good-looking. You are still single, right? You and your lady cop aren't—"

"No!" Jane answered quickly, tearing his gaze away from her. "It's not like that. We're just friends. . . like you and Lorelei—"

Kane's lips curled into a smile. "Good."

Jane frowned. "Good?"

"I mean, good we didn't make this trip for nothing then. Lorelei is really looking forward to getting to know you better. It's all that she's talked about since I suggested she come with me to meet you," Kane answered, recovering quickly.

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"You look like something's bothering you," Lisbon said when Lorelei and Kane had finally left later that evening. She sat on the edge of her couch and observed him carefully. "What's going on?

He shook his head. "Nothing. I'm just trying to figure things out. . . like why my brother would show up after ten years of avoiding visiting me and cutting our phone calls short."

"Maybe he just wants to start fresh," Lisbon suggested, trying to put him at ease.

"Maybe. . ."

"Jane you're chasing shadows," she told him, immediately sensing the direction his mind was headed. "His showing up out of the blue doesn't automatically make him one of Red John's associates."

"I didn't say that—"

"But you were thinking it," Lisbon said. "Don't even try and deny it. Remember, our minds are perfectly in-sync. That means I can read your thoughts."

Jane sighed. "Even when I did see Kane, it was during his summer vacation from school. Later on, he only came and saw me when he needed money or something. And then it was because I forced him to visit. I don't think he really ever wanted anything to do with me. So, can you blame me for trying to figure out what he wants now? I'm pretty sure that he's set financially and I've been giving him his space. In fact the last time I was in touch with him was when we were working the Emerson case. That was six months ago—"

Lisbon got to her feet and tugged on his wrist, smiling at him slightly. "Come on, let's go and get some dinner. I'm starving, and I can guarantee you that Rigsby ate our servings of closed case pizza. Including the one with pineapple on it."

Jane returned her smile and let her pull at him a little longer. "Agent Lisbon, are you trying to distract me?" He asked.

"Maybe a little bit," she answered. "Is it working?"

"We'll see," Jane said, standing up.

Lisbon gestured to her coat rack. "Help me with my jacket?"

"Anything for you," Jane replied, bowing jokingly before making a show of fulfilling her request.

As they left the office, they were both blissfully unaware of the pair that was watching their every move from a Mercedes-Benz across the street.

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"I thought you said they weren't together!" Lorelei all but seethed as she paced around their lavish hotel room.

"They aren't," Kane pacified, toeing off his shoes one at a time before lining them up neatly beside Lorelei's high-heeled loafers. "You and I sleep together occasionally, but it doesn't make us a couple. Patrick and Teresa just get dinner together sometimes."

"They looked awfully cozy though," Lorelei said. She sighed, pulled down her hair and threw the hairpiece across the room. "If I don't succeed in seducing him, I don't know what I'm going to do."

Kane laughed as he came over to her, directing her steps to one of the beds. "You act like it'll be the end of the world if Patrick doesn't succumb to your charms."

"It might as well be," Lorelei replied, allowing him to guide his fingers into her hair and massage her scalp.

"He's forgiven a lot more than somebody failing one of his missions," Kane answered. "You know that just as well as I do, Lorelei."

"Would he forgive me sleeping with you?" Lorelei asked. "Would he forgive you sleeping with me? Betrayal is a big thing to him, you know."

"If you're so afraid of what he's going to do to us, why are you always coming back to me?"

Lorelei closed her eyes as his lips grazed her hair. "Sometimes a girl is a glutton for punishment," she sighed.

Kane gave a short bark of laughter then, working his mouth down her neck. "I guess," he said, forgetting for a moment what they were talking about.

Lorelei sighed and rose to her feet, separating herself from him. "Not tonight, Kane. We need to stay focused. We're on a job, remember?"

"We're on the job," Kane repeated, clearing his throat slightly as he came to his senses. "Right. Well then Miss Martins, I guess I'll just have to take a rain check."

She smiled seductively at him. "I'll make it up to you soon. I promise."

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His late night dinner with Lisbon almost managed to cheer him up again. They had shared dessert and she had tried to convince him that he was spending too much time obsessing over his list of Red John suspects. A part of him knew that she was right, but he couldn't bring himself to listen to her.

Obsessing would be the only thing that brought him closer to finding the elusive serial killer.

Jane wished there was a way he could get through to her. He knew that she was probably in her apartment by now, brushing her teeth and wishing the same thing about him. . . wishing that somehow she could get through to him.

He released a breath and flopped down on his bed, willing himself to think about anything except for her. After a while, his thoughts turned to his brother and the mysterious woman that he'd brought with him.

Jane didn't want to suspect his brother of anything, but he couldn't shake the suspicious feeling that had been dogging him since he'd seen Kane standing in the middle of Lisbon's office.

A huge part of him hoped that Lisbon was right and that maybe everybody looked like a suspect to him just because he had been chasing "shadows" for such a long time.

He didn't know if he could handle his brother being involved with Red John. It would be the ultimate betrayal if they were associates.

It would be like losing his wife and daughter all over again. It would be like all his fears about losing Lisbon magnified.

With everything in him, Jane did not want Kane working for his nemesis.

With everything in him, Jane wanted to trust Kane and give him the benefit of the doubt.

But for the first time in his life, everything in him was screaming that it would be incredibly foolish to even think about doing either of those things. Brothers betraying each other were the stuff Sunday school lessons, movies of the week, and novels were made of.

There was no way that Kane would betray him.

Brothers betraying each other in real life only happened in the most dysfunctional of families.

And even though they would never win any family of the year awards, they certainly weren't as dysfunctional as some of the families that he and Lisbon had to deal with on a daily basis.

Despite these facts, he still couldn't shake the sneaking suspicion he was wrong. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew that there was more to Kane than met the eye.

Somewhere in the back of the mind, he hoped his brother would prove all his doubts wrong.

TBC. . .

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Author's Note:

Yeah, I'm totally unsure of this chapter. I wrote in three different parts, because yesterday was Sunday and I don't really use the computer on Sunday (except to check Facebook when I get home from church). And we had family in all weekend, so we were busy with them and I was writing in snatches. I'd love to hear your thoughts though. Just click on the box below and type up your prospective if you have the time.

Anyways, I don't have anything witty to say today. Mostly because I'm excited for Iron Man 3 on Friday night and the Mentalist finale on Sunday.

Lots of love,

Holly, 4/29/2013_