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After talking with Helen, Lisbon got a call from the friend who she had test the shirt. Apparently the test results had come in sooner than expected, so Lisbon started driving back to the station. While she drove, she ran through her mind what their next step would be if the red on the shirt was actual human blood. The two of them needed more help, but she worried about if they could take this on as an official case.

Jane seemed to be oblivious to her worries. In fact, he was humming to himself. Humming! Lisbon felt her hormones kick into gear at the thought that Jane was either not taking this case seriously, or he knew who did it and was not inclined to tell her. When they came to a stoplight, her resolve broke.

"Okay, what do you know?" She asked him.

Jane glanced at her, merely raising an eyebrow. "Know about what?"

"The case. The kidnaping. Who took the girl? You have a firm idea, I can see it, so why don't you share."

"Ah, but that would ruin the surprise," Just before she decided to throttle him, he added, "Besides, I have no strong evidence to back up my idea."

"But don't you have some sort of clue?"

"What? Oh, you mean the thing that I have been carrying around. Yes, it did confirm my idea, but it is nothing of any real importance. No, before I can do my big reveal, I need some more evidence. Aren't you always harping at me about having evidence before deciding on a case? I am just following your advice."

Luckily, the light changed and Lisbon had to focus on driving again, or Jane would have his head punched in. The rest of the ride was in silence, as Jane gazed out the window(thankfully stopping the humming), and Lisbon tried to reign in her emotions and think logically again. A good idea, but a little hard when you suddenly have a craving for tofu burgers, but Lisbon was trying her hardest.

They pulled up to the station and went in, heading to the lab. There they met up with Lisbon's friend and got the test results.

The results were positive for human blood.

So, what was the next step?

"We should call the team together." Jane suggested as Lisbon read the entire report. She looked up at him.

"Why?"

"We can't do this as an official case, so I say we get the old gang together and do a little independent investigation, now that we have an full fledged case. Unless you want to go to LaRoche and get official permission?"

Lisbon shuddered a bit at what LaRoche would do if they went to him with the case, but she was even more scared of what would happen if it was discovered what they were doing.

Lisbon was still debating when Jane led them into the main office, where everyone was working.

"Hey, where have you two been?" Cho asked.

Jane grinned, nudging Lisbon a bit. "Glad you asked. We actually have something important we need your help with."

Van Pelt came over. "What, did something happen?"

Rigsby was right behind her. "What's up?"

Jane looked at Lisbon expectantly, while she just rolled her eyes. "Come, everyone in my office."

When they all were in, Jane and Lisbon took turns explaining the case to them. At first, they were not convinced.

"Why not just go to the authorities? This sounds weird to me," Cho said.

"He is in a rather delicate situation, and he needs our help," Jane responded.

"What about his ex-wife? She sounds a little mentally unstable, could she be doing this to frame him?" Rigsby asked.

"We need to look into her as well," Lisbon explained, "I want to know more about her marital history and if she may have any cases of harassment charges or something that might mean she would want to hurt Mr. Lampton."

"Any leads about the girl? She could be seriously hurt or dead by now," Van Pelt added.

"I think you and I should focus on that part of the case, Grace," Jane said, "I think I have a few ideas of who may have done this and where the girl is."

"Okay, is everyone in?" Lisbon asked. They all nodded. "Good, then let's get to work."

"Great!" Jane said, "I'll get the tea."

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