Chapter 5 - Nothing is mine. That was kinda a lie. Mistakes are mine.

Cho and Rigsby returned after half an hour and Cho looked in pretty good shape. He even had a new shirt on.

"So boss, how do we find Barnaby?" Cho asks

"He is definitely our kidnapper." Risgby adds.

"We are not sure of that." Lisbon states, "He could have known about the affair between Mark and Lady Warren, but Lady Warren paid for his silence. So now he runs, because he thinks we will arrest him for not coming forward. Has anyone given a description of this North Beach Kidnapper, Van Pelt?"

"No boss." Van Pelt responds.

For the first time since Cho had returned, he looks at the red haired agent and something strikes him as odd. However, he doesn't say anything, thinking that he is probably wrong.

"Do we know what Barnaby looks like?" Lisbon's question knocks Cho out of his train of thought.

"No."Rigsby responds

"I think tomorrow we should follow Jane's last two leads. Altone's and Gary Danko's. Rigsby, Cho, guys should look into Barnaby. Find which company he was hired from and any family. His full name is Charles Barnaby." Lisbon orders, "But right now I think we all need a good night sleep. Van Pelt, are the hotel rooms all set?"

"Yeah, Jane booked them."

"Speaking of Jane, where is he?" Rigsby asks looking about.

"He went to get tea." Van Pelt responds automaticaly. Oh not again.

"Well, knowing Jane he is probably arguing with the waiter at why the tea tastes like water." Lisbon jokes.

"Or if she put the milk in first." Rigsby adds with a smile.

"He knows where we are so lets just check in at the hotel." Lisbon says, "We will talk to him at breakfast tomorrow."

While everyone packed up to leave, Van Pelt took the ring and the chip out of the drawer and placed them in her jewelery box, that was in her bag.

"Coming Grace?" Rigsby asked as he was walking out

"All done." Grace smiled as the tall man walked with her to her car.


The next morning at breakfast, Jane is late as always.

"I am going to go see which room he is in." Lisbon says.

"I will come." Rigsby says, avoiding to seat alone with Van Pelt, so he doesn't embarrass himself.

Cho walks up to Grace as the other agents leave. "Good morning, Van Pelt. This is a nice hotel, Jane booked."

Van Pelt lifts her head to greet her colleague, when Cho notices that her pupils are still dilated like last night. Cho frowns at the fact, and thinks it was because of the coffee.


"What do you mean, he never checked in?" Lisbon yells at the blond receptionist, by the main door.

"Ma'am, there is a room booked for a Mr. Patrick Jane, but no one by that name showed up last night." The receptionist responds in a sympathetic way. She pauses and then continues, "I am sorry. I understand how you feel. My boyfriend did that once too, I am sure you will find someone better." she trys to make the angry agent feel better.

Lisbon is now furious and is about to jump on the receptionist when Rigsby holds her arm, and pulls her away.

"Could you please check again?" Rigsby asks politely as he leans on the counter.

The lady types a few words and shakes her head in disappointment. "I am sorry Ma'am." She says, "We will inform you when he does arrive."

"Thank you,"both agents walk away with a look of worry on their faces.


"Hey boss, still sleeping is he?" Cho waves from his table.

"He never checked in." Lisbon responds in disappointment, "Van Pelt, what did Jane tell you last night?"

"He went to get tea." Damn it, I have to stop. They need to know.

Cho noticed the eyes and the strange way that Van Pelt moves when she answers.

"Boss, I think somethings wrong." Cho doesn't lift his eyes off of Van Pelt.

"Yeah! Jane has gone AWOL." Lisbon states in frustration.

"No boss, look!" Cho exclaims as he points at Van Pelt eyes,"Dilated pupils."

"So? She has to cut back on Coffee." Lisbon is now very frustrated. Damn Jane.

"Boss, I think Jane hypnotized Van Pelt, to tell us he went to get tea." Cho responds.

"Oh great. Now what is he up to?" Lisbon gets up from the table and walk over to Van Pelt.

"Well can you fix her?" Rigsby asks, also concerned, while eating his croissant.

"No,"Cho sighs,"He never told me how."

"Well, he said, you can never hypnotize someone against their moral character. Grace would never want anything to happen to Jane, so she shouldn't refrain from giving us all the information, if she thinks Jane is in danger." Lisbon explained to Rigsby and Cho.

"I am not hypnotized, he went to get tea." Van Pelt defends herself.

"Tea that took up the entire night?" Cho stares at her, "Van Pelt, what did he say other than that?"

"Van Pelt, Jane could be in danger."Lisbon added.

"Grace, help him, he is your friend." Rigsby added the final blow. He placed his hand on her shoulder. Van Pelt suddenly stood up and walked back toward her room.

The three agents followed.


She pulled out the jewelry box and gave the ring and the chip to Lisbon, who was seated on her bed.

"He gave me that, said to use it when necessary." Grace points to the chip. "I don't know what it is?'

Cho takes the ring from Lisbon and reads the inscription within, "The Eternal Love of Patrick and Alice."

"His wedding ring? Why would he leave his wedding ring?" Rigsby inquires.

"OH MY GOD!!!" Lisbon suddenly realises.

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