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Van Pelt drove Jane back to the campsite so they could do their own private investigation. Van Pelt set to going through Sarah's tent, while Jane looked in Lampton's tent. Van Pelt was not sure what she was looking for, but Jane had just told her to keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Jane was on his own mission, but he kept his observations to himself.
After about half an hour of rummaging around, the two met up by the fire pit.
"So, Grace, find anything interesting?" Jane asked.
"No, nothing that could help us. How about you?"
"Nope, still nothing. But let me ask you this: what did you NOT find in Sarah's tent?"
Van Pelt was confused. "Not find?"
"Yeah, what did you not find in her tent that you would normally find in a young woman's camping gear?"
Van Pelt thought for a minute. She had found a bag with warm clothes, a toothbrush, hairbrush, flashlight, basic things like that. Jane grinned slightly as she thought, seeming to nudge her forward. Finally, Van Pelt realized something.
"I didn't find a cell phone."
"Bingo!" Jane explained. "A young woman going anywhere always takes her cell phone."
"And she does strike me as smart, so of course she would take it in case she got lost or needed to call for help," Van Pelt added.
"Now, if she was taken from her tent suddenly, in the middle of the night, do you think she would be able to grab her cell phone?"
"Most likely not."
"Exactly. So, why is it not in her tent?"
"Maybe Mr. Lampton took it with him."
"Maybe. But why has he not show it to us? He said he only took the shirt, why leave out taking the cellphone too? If he even took it with him."
"What does this mean?" Van Pelt asked, suddenly getting a little hopeful that they might have a clue.
Jane shrugged, getting secretive again. "Oh, it probably means something. Or nothing. I just need some time to put it all together. But, for now, I think we are done here. Let's head back to the station."
Van Pelt was not too pleased with Jane's secretiveness, but she knew better than to bother trying to get answers out of him.
They got in the car and headed back to the station.
While Van Pelt and Jane were busy hanging out in tents, Lisbon, Cho and Rigsby had started looking into everyone that could possibly be involved in Sarah's kidnapping. They looked up all the information they could find about Helen's ex-husbands, but they were all in different parts of the country and had tight alibis. They each cited different reasons for their divorces from Helen, and none of them remarked on her obsessive behavior.
Rigsby began to look into Sarah's friends and possible motives there, but nothing was coming from it. Cho helped Lisbon look into the different people that were in the park at the time of the kidnapping, but so far everyone had good alibis for the time.
Lisbon was beginning to lose confidence and was about to call Jane and see if he had any luck, when someone knocked on the door of her office.
"Come in," she called out.
The door opened and in came Mr. Lampton, closing the door behind him. He clutched his hat and was looking distressed. "Agent Lisbon," He said.
Lisbon stood up. "Mr. Lampton, hello. May I ask why you are here?"
"I was hoping that you had some news about Sarah."
Lisbon shook her head. "Nothing so far. We are still looking into various leads."
Mr. Lampton sighed. "Please, Agent, can you tell me if there is any hope of her safe rescue?"
"Mr. Lampton, it is hard to determine the possibility of her safety. Since we have not heard anything about a ransom or any word from the kidnappers, things do look dim. However, I have seen people get rescued in much worse circumstances. We just do not have enough information to go on in order to come to a good conclusion," Lisbon thought about it for a moment, then added, "But Jane did find a clue at the campsite."
Mr. Lamtpon looked up at her. "Clue? What kind of clue?"
"I am not at liberty to say yet, but Jane believes it could be the key to finding Sarah's kidnappers. So, don't give up hope, Mr. Lampton, we will find Sarah, some how, some way."
Mr. Lampton took a deep breath. "Thank you. That means a lot to me. Well, I had better get going, I don't want to blow your cover."
Lisbon escorted Mr. Lampton out of her office, but they both froze when they saw who was talking to Cho, and who spotted them almost immediately.
"Lampton! You, you, oh! I'm going to kill you if you laid a finger on my daughter!"
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