Jessica was on constant alert for LJ. She was worried sick about him. She made her way into the prison. She got a call from the warden about Lincoln. She rushed in showing her badge. She made it to his office and she could hear Lincoln's angry voice. She slowly made her way inside so she didn't attract attention. Pope turned around and seen her. "Ah good Miss Donovan you're here." he said causing everyone to turn around and spot her. She could feel Lincoln's eyes burning into her. "You needed to see me warden." Jessica said walking around everyone to stand beside Linc. "Yes. I need you to talk some sense into Lincoln here. I understand that LJ is missing. There isn't anything that we can do about it." the warden said looking between Jessica and Lincoln. Jessica had a look of confusion on her face. "I can!" Lincoln replied angrily. "Just let me find him. I know how he thinks please he's my son!" Lincoln said practically begging. "You can't because you are a death row inmate. There is no way I can let you out of these gates, but Miss Donovan here can." Pope said nodding his head toward Jessica. "What?" Jessica asked confused on why she was even here. "I know your history with each other. I know how much you care about the boy Jessica. I can't allow Lincoln outside to find him, but maybe he can have some piece of mind if he knew someone who he really trusted was on the search for him." warden explained to them. Jessica narrowed her eyes. "So you want me to find LJ?" Jessica asked to clarify. "I probably figure you already have a search going for him as we speak. I just want Lincoln here not to freak out with worry that there will be someone searching for him." Jessica sighed and glanced toward Lincoln. He looked calmer and was looking right back at her. "Would you quit worrying so much if we had Jessica search for him ourselves?" warden asked Lincoln. He broke his glance from Jessica and looked back at Pope. He nodded slightly. "Yes." Lincoln said. "Good. I will grant her access for three visits a day until LJ is found." Pope said before dismissing them.
Jessica drove up to the cabin. She had to get away from the city. After contacting her captain saying she wasn't going to be in she got in her car and started driving. "Hello." she shouted walking into the cabin. Veronica walked out from the back to meet her. "Hey." she said giving her big sister a hug. "I brought food." she said excitedly placing the bags down on the kitchen counter. "So I found something interesting this morning." Veronica said to her amused looking toward the cabinets. "Oh you found the guns?" Jessica asked with a smirk. Veronica nodded with a scoff. "Yes. I practically scared Nick this morning." Veronica said with a laugh. "Where is Nick?" Jessica asked looking around. She caught Veronica's little blush. "He's getting dressed." she quickly changed the subject. "Look when can I get back? Lincoln has two weeks left. I should be doing something." she asked Jess as Nick came out of the back room all dressed. "Hey Jessica I didn't know you were here. You weren't followed were you?" he asked looking out the front window. "No I wasn't. I know how to lose a tail." she said to Nick. "And to answer your question I don't think its smart to be going anywhere right now. They may still be looking for you." Jessica said grabbing a water bottle out of the fridge. "But Jess he only has two weeks!" Veronica exclaimed. Jessica slammed her water bottle down. "You don't think I don't know that?! You don't think I care that the man that I love is going to die? I do care! But I'm also thinking about your safety. I can't have you running around trying to uncover secrets and get killed! I know you want to do something but please stop." Jessica half shouted half cried at her. Veronica just stared at her wide eyed. Nick slowly walked over. "Look I think I might know a way to find something out and not go searching." he said to them. They both turned to look at him. "What are you thinking?" Veronica asked wanting to know his idea. "We go after his wife. I'm sure she has to know something." he said to them. Jessica nodded " OK it may be worth checking out." she said giving her approval.
***LINCOLN'S POV***
Lincoln was pacing back and forth in his cell. He was growing more and more nervous. He had yet to hear any news from Jessica and it worried him. Even though he missed the sound of her voice he was worried for LJ. The slot in the door opened up as dinner was brought to him. "Whose out there?" he asked the guard. "Its Lewis, Linc." he said sliding Lincoln's dinner through. "Lewis you have to help me please. I just need to talk to him please." Lincoln begged. "Linc take your food before I shove it in there and you have to eat it off the ground." Lewis said angrily. Lincoln grabbed his arm to keep him there. "Don't do anything stupid." he warned Linc. "I'm not...I just...You have a son right?" Lincoln asked. "What if it were Josh?" he asked before letting go of Lewis's wrist. He slumped back against the wall defeated. He heard Lewis sigh before he answered. "You have five minutes." he said opening up the door.
He heard ringing and hoped that LJ picked up. "Hello?" LJ answered panicky. Lincoln sighed in relief. "LJ are you OK?" he asked his son. LJ started crying over the phone. "Not really no. Dad they killed her. They killed her right in front of me!" he said to Lincoln. "LJ listen...listen…"he gets caught off." Why are they doing this?" he sounded so lost and confused. "Listen to me alright. I need you to be the man now you understand me?" he asked him. "Yeah I understand." he said to him. "OK listen to me alright. I need you to call Jessica alright she'll keep you safe." he said reassuringly to LJ. "I tried she's not at the station and I can't reach her on her cell." he said to his dad. "Keep trying OK? She's out looking for you right now. She's going to keep you safe." he said to reassure him. "OK dad I will." "You're going to be OK. Everything will be OK." Lincoln said to try to keep LJ calm. "Dad! They're here! They're here!" LJ shouted before the line went disconnected. "LJ! LJ!" he shouted into the phone. He was a complete wreck. Whoever was after his son was trying to get him now.
***END POF***
Jessica, Nick and Veronica all made it around the tables of a rooftop restaurant of where Mrs. Steadman was eating lunch. Jessica and Veronica watched as Nick discretely grabbed a cell phone off the table they were standing by. "I saw that. My sister could arrest you." Veronica said teasingly to Nick. Nick looked to her amused. "I'm just staying connected." he said before looking over and seeing her. "There she is over there." he said nodding his head in the direction of Mrs. Steadman's table. Jessica's phone started beeping and ringing repeatedly. "Oh wow the one time it works over here." she looked up to them. "Go ahead and go talk to her I'm going to take this." she said grabbing her phone and walking off to answer. "Hello?" she asked walking down the hallway. "Jessica?" she heard LJ's voice over the phone. "LJ? Where are you?" she whispered to him walking toward a more secluded spot. "I..I don't know but you have to come get me please." she heard him and it broke her heart to hear him so scared. "OK...LJ I'm going to need you to come to me OK?" she said to him about to tell him where she's at. "Oh god!" she heard him exclaim scared. "How do they keep finding me? They're right there!" she heard him say. They must be tracking his phone. She thought of a new plan. "OK I need you to listen to me LJ. I'm not in town. I'm with Veronica and Nick I have them safe at Lake Mercer. I need you to buy a bus ticket and meet me there alright?" she said to him rushing down the stairs and outside to her car. "Lake Mercer?" he asked to confirm. "Yes LJ Lake Mercer. Listen OK...I need you to keep your phone on...Do you understand me? Keep your phone on." she said to him. "OK Jess I'll keep my phone on...Jess I'm so scared. I don't know why this is happening." she heard him break down over the phone. "It's OK honey. I'll keep you safe I promise." she told him before hanging up. She wiped the tears away as Nick and Veronica came back to the car. "What's wrong?" Veronica asked looking to her sister. "That was LJ he's in trouble." she said before taking her phone and sending a text to him. 'New Glarus Our old family vacation cabin. Dump the phone they're tracking you' she sent the text to LJ. She looked back toward Veronica and Nick. "So what did Mrs. Steadman have to say?" she asked as they took off back toward the cabin.
They were driving back to the cabin. Jessica's phone kept ringing. "Aren't you going to answer that?" Veronica asked looking toward her sister. Jessica sighed and shook her head. "Its Jason so no I'm not going to answer it." she told her looking back at the phone. "Why haven't you broke up with him yet?" she asked confused on why Jessica would still be stringing Jason along. "Its complicated OK." she said to Veronica in a tone that said drop it. Veronica decided to drop it. Jessica's phone dinged with a text message. "Check that for me." Jessica said throwing her phone toward Veronica. Veronica checked the phone. "Its a picture message. LJ sent it but I can't see who is in it." Veronica said looking to Jessica. "Its probably the guy that is after LJ." she said to her. "I'll take it into the station and see if I can find any matches." Jessica said as she pulled into the driveway. "OK. I'm dropping you guys off here. I'm going to go pick up LJ." she informed them as they got out of the car. "I'll be back soon." Jessica said as she backed out of the driveway before driving back down the road.
As Jessica was sitting there at the bus stop waiting Jason kept calling her. She finally decided to answer while sipping on her chocolate chip frappe. "Hey." she said over the phone like nothing was wrong. "Jessica! Where have you been? The captain said you had to have a day to do something and now you're not home? Where are you?" he asked sounding really mad. Jessica rolled her eyes before answering him. "I got a call from Fox River yesterday. The warden wanted me personally to find LJ. If you don't believe me call the prison and ask. Or better yet ask Captain Danielson he's the one that gave the OK." Jessica informed him. She heard Jason sigh over the phone. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come at you like that. I just miss you." she hear him say as she watched as a bus pulled up. "I have to go." she hung up and stepped out of the car. She watched as LJ got off the bus and just looked at her. She watched as he broke down as he walked to her. "Hey sweetie, come here." she held out her arms as he crashed into her. He clung onto her tightly. She wrapped her arms around him and they just stood there. "You're safe now." she whispered to him.
***LINCOLN'S POV***
Lincoln was pacing back and forth in his cell. It has been two days since he heard anything from Jessica. He had to know if she found LJ. He heard guards coming down the hall. "Open up cell 18." he heard as his cell got opened. He looked up and seen Jessica standing there. "You have five minutes." the guard said closing the cell and leaving them alone. "Jessica." he whispered her name as he came toward her and wrapped her in a hug. She surprised him by hugging him back. He pulled back but not enough so he didn't have to release her. "Did you find LJ?" he asked her desperate. She smiled at him and nodded. "I found him. He's fine. I have him with Veronica and Nick." she said as he sighed with relief and hugged her again. "I knew you would find him." he whispered in her ear softly. He felt her shiver and pulled back to look at her face. "Thank you." he told her genuinely. "Hey of course I would find him no problem. I am good at what I do." she said jokingly as they just stared at each other. Lincoln leaned down and pushed his lips against hers gently. She kissed him back and cupped his face in her hands deepening the kiss. She felt his tongue against her lips asking for permission. She opened her lips and his tongue slid in her mouth rubbing against hers. She moaned in his mouth and ran her fingers through what little hair he had as he pushed her lightly against the wall. He felt all of her against him and he was in heaven. He was running his hand down her side making her shiver again when there was a loud bang on the door. "Times up!" they heard the shout and broke apart. He was still up against her trying to keep this moment as long as possible. "I love you." he said to her with so much passion and truthfulness in his voice. She smiled sadly at him and pushed her forehead against his. She pushed him away and straightened up her clothes. "In that envelope is a message in there from LJ." she said to him heading to the door. He looked to the envelope on the bed to Jessica. "Jessica?" he said trying to keep her there as long as possible just itching to touch her again. The door opened and she turned around. "Goodbye Lincoln." she said finally before walking out the door with it closing behind her.
