"Thank-you." Van Pelt said to the person from forensics who had just dropped off the journal in a evidence bag.
"I'm awake!" yelled Jane who jumped off the couch and made his way over to a table by the window in the room with Cho, Rigsby, and Lisbon. Lisbon ignored his snarkiness,
"Can I see that?" she said. Van Pelt handed it over as Lisbon took it putting on latex gloves. She flipped through the pages taking note of some of the names, none of which she recognized "Well if these are drug dealers, they aren't anyone big…"
"Makes sense." Said Rigsby, "She may have wanted to keep it on the down-low, you know, being married to a guy like Mortensen." Everyone nodded and agreed.
"Well, this book was evidently important to her. These name are highlighted with different colors, symbols, she wouldn't have put so much time and effort into something that wouldn't be of use to her. Let's get all of these names and numbers onto one piece of paper, taking note of specific colors and symbols used. Then we'll put the numbers through the database, see if we come up with any addresses."
"You want us to visit every single name and number that gives us a hit?" asked Cho.
"It's our best bet."
It was well past five o'clock when everything had been assembled and the team was able to look at the data as one. Jane seemed to be reading his paper as though his life depended on it. Some of the names and numbers the team was able to eliminate immediately, the tracking system had already marked some of the phones as disconnected or throw-away cellular. The final number was thirty-six, and there wasn't an equal number group of the colors and symbols.
"So…" started Rigsby, "No what?"
"Well we go give these people a visit, obviously." Was Van Pelt's response.
"How to we decide who gets who?" asked Cho.
"Flip a coin." Jane said.
"We are not going to flip a coin." Lisbon said. "And yes, if you guys are up to it, I'd like to visit at least a few of these addresses today. However, it is getting darker outside and I don't want anybody going solo in the dark." She took a moment to think, then said "Alright here's how it's going to go. I get the first nine, Rigsby ten through eighteen, Cho nineteen though twenty-seven, Van Pelt twenty-eight through thirty-six. 'Kay?"
"Aren't you forgetting someone?" Jane asked.
"Like hell if I'm going to give you your own group of drug dealers to get with, I don't need my boss jumping down my neck for you getting shot by some crack-head."
Jane put his hand on his heart, "Aw… you care about me."
"Don't flatter yourself… look if you don't want to stay here choose someone to go with. Obviously you can't be in all four places at once."
"Oooh… I have to choose… well… this is a bit of a challenge… no hard feelings if I don't pick you Lisbon?"
"I think I'll manage." She said in a sarcastic tone.
"Then I pick Cho!" he said with a smile.
"Why me?" Cho asked.
"Isn't it obvious? Drug dealers are very scary. You look very scary, there-go they shall be scared of you!"
"Lisbon can look scary." Cho said. Lisbon shot him a look, "See? She's doing it right now."
"Ha ha your so hilarious. For that you do get to take Jane with you." Jane smiled. "Alright, I don't expect each of you to get to all nine of your people tonight. All I ask is that you check-in with me after each person you talk to, and then when you stop for the night you also let me know so that we can recuperate in the morning. Got it?"
"Got it." They replied in unison.