Chapter 1
"Here goes..."
Normally when Maura Isles wants to say something, she just says it. Straight to the point. After all is it not best to be honest with people?. This time however she was lost for words, and she was not even talking to anybody just simply writing a letter.
A letter to her mum.
Sighing she screws up yet another piece of paper which just contains the words 'I'm sorry'. The dining room table now turning into a mountain of paper balls. Looking over at the portrait hanging on the wall, the one her biological father drew of her mother crying at her grave. Biting her lip she looks down at the blank sheet in front of her.
" Okay Maura it's now or never, you're the chief medical examiner of the commonwealth Massachusetts...you break news on a weekly basis to people who have lost loved ones. You can do this"
Hope.
I just wanted to say that I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused you this past few months and I understand that you may never want to see me again. I wished that I had told you sooner as I am not a person that can lie as you well know from when we first met. The truth of the matter is I only found out who you really was a couple of days before I saw you. I tried to find you when I found out that you were alive and I kept telling myself it was only research as you was a doctor, that the only reason I was doing it was to learn from you. My friend Jane however saw right through it and was the one who persuaded me to contact you. I never knew until recent that I was dead to you or so you was told by Paddy. I only hoped I could do something to make it all better. If you need me to never contact again for that to happen just tell me and that will be it but I need to know, ever since you walked out my door I could not help but feel guilty and I need to know what to do. If not as my mother but as the new found friend you made. Tell me what to do.
Sorry.
Maura.
Walking up the path towards a stranger of a house, Maura pulls down the mailbox lid placing the letter secured in an envelope inside. Closing it back up she lets out a sigh of relief for finally getting what she feels off her chest. Now all she has to do is wait. Looking up at the house, she backs away making her way back to her car until a voice catches her breath causing her to freeze on the spot.
"Maura?"
Looking over her shoulder worried, Maura notices Hope standing midway on the path watching her with a look of fear and sadness.
Author's note: this was supposed to be a one shot however if you would like me to continue and show Hope's reaction please let me know. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! :)