" This is Ava Harlow" I said sarcastically pointing to myself and standing up so that I could shake his hand. I knew I had to act calm and cool around him because nothing got past him.

" Wow, Ava pretty name, Im Patrick Jane, so what brings you here to this lovely office?" he asked while looking around the office and then back to me. Before I could say anything Agent Lisbon was beside me.

" Don't harass the girl Jane your going to be seeing a lot of her and id rather not have another restraining order against you." She said. I laughed because Jane` s face went from a smile to huge puppy dog eyes in two seconds flat.

" I wasn't harassing her…. Honest Lisbon" he said while winking at me. I bit my lip so I wouldn't laugh.

" Well if he ever bothers you Ava please don't hesitate to hit him or anything." She smiled at me then gave Jane a dirty look and walked away. I laughed this time, Jane looked back at me and he too laughed.

" So before I was rudely interrupted, what is it that your doing here again?" he asked looking at me curiously.

" Well I decided to do my co op here because I am looking into this line of work and quit honestly it's the nicest looking place of all the other bureaus, and you guys have a good reputation so I figured why not?" Jane laughed and pulled a chair to sit beside me and Rigsby.

" Wow do you see that Rigsby, she looks and acts smarter then you. And your right on that account Ava there is even a couch in our office, do you see any of those other stuck up police officers sitting on a couch, no I don't think so." He said with a half serious tone. I couldn't help but laugh, this man was highly humorous. Maybe this wasn't so bad as long as it kept to this kind of talk I think id like it her.

" So Ava your parents must be proud that your basically working here." he said with a smile. Oh great he had to bring up those people, what was I going to say actually I am pretty sure that they hate me and don't really care what I accomplish or do in my life. I just worked up a smile and nodded.

" Yeah, they are especially my Dad he is a cop too so he likes that I am here and want to pursue in that kind of career." I said quickly without keeping eye contact and looking at my feet the entire time. Jane looked at me like he didn't believe me but he sure didn't say anything.

" So Ava do you have any siblings or anything?" Rigsby asked this time.

" Ugh, yah I have a brother whose older then me." I said looking at my feet again, I hated to talk about the situation of even them really. Rigsby smiled and then stood up on his feet.

" Well I better get back to work, remember if Jane bothers you just smack him." He hit Jane on the back of the head and then walked away, I giggled.

" Do you see what I have to put up with? He just violently hit me." Jane said while rubbing his head. I laughed again, he was just too funny.

" Do you want a cup of coffee or something, maybe we could talk some more I would like to know more about you. I have nothing to do around here anyways." he looked up waiting for my answer.

" Oh, yeah sure, sorry I'm a little tired today which makes my brain function about three seconds late." I said and he laughed he stood up and motioned me to follow him. I got up off of my chair and followed him into a kitchen like room. He pored two cups of coffee and set them on the little round table that was there. He sat down in one of the chairs and I sat down on the opposite side of him.

" So, I heard Hightower saying that you had excellent grades, why don't you tell me all about that" He said while poring the cup of coffee down the drain and then poring himself a cup of tea. I wonder why he took coffee if he wasn't going to drink it? I wondered to myself.

" Yeah my average is 97 so I guess you can say that those are pretty good grades." I said while taking a sip of my coffee. He face lit up and a huge grin crossed his face like he was a kid in a candy shop.

" Wow, that is quite impressive Ava, I must say I am happily shocked, it will be nice to have some brains around here." He smiled and i smiled back at him. I took another sip of my coffee and he eyed me and then quickly looked away.

" I must say that your parents are lucky to have you as their daughter I mean you smart, and you have seemed to accomplish alot in your life already. I know that I would be extremely proud if you were my daughter." He said and I thought I saw a glimpse of sadness in his eyes but just for a second. When he said that and I saw how honest he was about it made me want him as my dad instead of the person who was currently sitting at his desk right now at the downtown police station.

" Thanks..." was all I could say at the moment. I looked down into my cup of coffee and watched as I swirled it around and around. I felt bad for Patrick he seemed like he was such a good father before Red John had to take everything away from him.

" Ava, can I ask you kind of a personal question." He said. I sighed but I decided that I would let him ask just one question and that would be it.

" Yeah, go ahead shoot." I said as I looked up at him.

" Why is that whenever I talk about your parents do you always kind of look angry and sad." He asked and I looked down right away.

" And you also always look away like you don` t want anyone to know what your really thinking or feeling." He said. Man I knew he was good but not this good. I knew it was going to be more difficult to lie to him about anything now.

" I don` t know what your talking about, it` s just a little teenager resentment all teenagers have them against their parents at some point in their life." I said knowing he wouldn't buy it, I got up off of the chair and walked away from him. Who did he think he was anyways? I walked across the hall and sat at my desk. I let out a big huff and then turned my computer on. The man named Rigsby was heading over my way again.

" He can be a real pain in the ass cant he?" he asked while leaning against my desk. I smiled at him.

" Yeah, that` s for sure, how do you put up with him?" I asked while grimacing. He laughed probably because how my face looked when I said that.

" Honestly I don` t know, I guess you kind of get use to it after a while. I just ignore him 90 % of the time anyways, it` s better that way trust me." He said while smirking, I laughed I guess Jane was a handful but I still had to make him trust me, no matter what I needed to see inside of that file. Just then Van Pelt walked up to my desk with a package in her hand.

" This just came for you Ava, it says its from someone named Albert." She said and then handed the package to me. That` s strange I did not know any Alberts. I took the package from her hands and sure enough it was from Albert to Ava Harlow. I wondered what was in it. Rigsby had wondered off and was now talking to Grace. I ripped the package apart and inside was a sort of postcard, I took it out and on it was a picture of some pink roses. I flipped over to see if there was any writing on the back and sure enough there was. I started to read it; hello again Ava, it's so nice to finally talk to you again I feel like really it has been too long. I mean the last time I talked to you we weren't exactly in a good situation. But, anyways I am thinking that maybe I shall pay another visit to you sometime. Oh and by the way I heard from an old friend that you are now working in the office with THE Patrick Jane. Well fancy that, too bad I had to kill his little girly, and his wife too. But he shouldn't have gotten so cocky so really it` s his fault. But I just wanted to warn you that if you tell him anything, and I mean ANYTHING about what you know, well let's just put it this way you will end up in a graveyard beside his wife and kid. And do not show anyone this letter but I assume you won't anyways. By the way nice colours in your new room I like them. Next time don` t leave your spare key under the flower pot sugar. Be seeing you soon!

Red John.

I looked in the envelope and saw another piece of paper on it was tonnes of red smiley faces, and one sentence that would haunt me forever.

Guess whose back?