Hi everyone! I hope that you are all eager to see the continuation of last week's cliffhanger, so here it is! Enjoy!
Teresa stared at the man across from her. She had never seen him before. He had greying hair, brown eyes, and had a good build. He must have been around forty, maybe fifty. He was wearing a brown coat and jeans.
The man put his elbows on the table, leaning forward. "I am sorry for not properly introducing myself. My name is Mark Lampton."
She nodded, but did not respond.
The man chuckled. "Ah, well, I guess I did kind of deceive you. See, to be completely honest, I have been following you for two weeks, in order to try and find a good time to meet you."
"You could call," Teresa interrupted.
"Yes, I could have, normally, but not in this situation. I was parked in front of your apartment tonight, then I saw you come out and drive, I followed you to this restaurant, a place you have gone to previously, using a specific route. I took a shortcut and got here first."
"Why impersonate my husband?"
"When he left, I noticed how sad he looked, and then you came out you looked upset as well, leading me to conclude that you had just had a fight. From what I have learned about Patrick Jane, surprising you at a restaurant seems like something that he would do, and you did not seem at all surprised."
"Yes, well, my husband can be a bit, all-knowing about things. But why follow me, why go through all this?"
"Because, Agent, I need your help with something that is extremely difficult for me, something that I cannot bring before the regular police, something that I need your husband for."
Teresa leaned back. "Okay, now I understand. But, again, why were you following me instead of him?"
"Since you are married to him now, to follow him would mean to follow you as well. Also, I was hoping that perhaps if I talked with you first, you would be able to provide your police training skills to his, um, all-knowing skills, as you put it."
"I think that she would probably classify it more as pain-in-the-but skills than anything."
Teresa and Lampton looked up to find Patrick Jane smiling at them. He sat down in the booth beside Teresa and clasped his hands together. "Sorry for the interruption. If you two are having an affair, please, feel free to ignore me. If not, then I think I need brought up to speed."
Mr. Lampton and Teresa shared a knowing look, and then Mr. Lampton explained the situation so far. "So, Mr. Jane, I hope that you will understand my wanting to circumvent the regular police and have you two help me."
"Of course, Mark(can I call you Mark?), we would be happy to help," Jane answered, interrupting Teresa's attempts at discouraging such actions.
Teresa glared at Jane, but he continued to ignore her. "Now, let's get to your actual case. What is it that you did?"
Teresa looked at Mr. Lampton, waiting for an explanation along with Jane.
Mr. Lampton leaned in closer. "Well, you see, the thing is, I will probably soon be accused of kidnaping and probably murdering my ex-wife's daughter."
Oh boy, a new case. Alright, I know, you guys are probably sick and tired of being made sick and tired by all my cliffhangers! I completely get that. But, I am trying to keep my plot together so I am trying to take it slow and steady, keeping the plot developing, and sometimes I have to end on a cliffhanger so I have a point to jump off of(jump off cliff?) so I can keep it going good. Anyway, just wanted to explain my seeming obsession with cliffhangers. Please REVIEW and let me know how I am doing, and I will set to work on the next chapter. Until then, Li Li!