Disclaimer:I don't own Rizzoli & Isles, if I did my student loans would already be paid off.
Chapter 1: Setting the Trap
He has watched them come to this coffee shop every other day for about a year now, he thinks as he sees them walk in. Looking over his paper, he noticed a change in the way they look at each other since that sorry excuse for a killer, Hoyt, made an attempt on their lives. The number of kills Hoyt claims to have made is just a small portion to what he has been able to manipulate into taking their own lives. The last woman never saw it coming when she stepped into his office seeking guidance in her college career. She was a challenge and he liked challenges. That's for another time, right now he is observing his next challenge.
He has spoken to Dr. Isles before about a book he wrote, she was at a book signing a few months ago. She asked how he had such insight into the suicidal mind. He told her it was because he put those thoughts into their heads. He said this with a smile on his face, so she laughed thinking it was a joke. The joke was on her.
Now as he sits by the window watching her with Detective Rizzoli, he wants nothing more than to have her attention again. He grins as they reach for their phones knowing the reason behind the call. It was for a case, a case that he made for them. The clues he left are cryptic but that is the point of this game. He wants to be caught, but they must work for it.
Jane Rizzoli is off to a bad start today since the phone rudely interrupted her morning coffee with Maura. To make matters worse, the body was found at the dog park by her apartment.
"Damnit! Just when I thought I would be able to sleep through the night again." Jane hissed under her breath as she and Maura approached Frost.
"Language Jane." Maura said calmly, "I will examine the body just like I always do, so there is no reason to be freaking out just now."
"Looks like another suicide." Frost says to them when they get to the body. "It's the fourth one this month. Don't you think it is strange that all of the women have brown hair and brown eyes? This one has a note though." Frost hands over a plastic bag containing the note, avoiding Jane's eyes.
Jane reads through the paper and what she reads makes her stomach drop. "Maura, the letter is addressed to you."
Maura reads it aloud, "Dr. Isles, he told me that if I did this you would come. Take care of my body would you." She looks at Jane, " I don't know who would do this. I need to get her back to the morgue before I make any conclusions."