Throughout life, there will be moments that surround us with happiness. Some may happen when you're young, some may happen when you're older. Mine happened in between. It was a cold december morning and there had been a call from work earlier than expected. I hurried myself and drove to the station careful not to slip on the ice.
"Where's Jane?!" Korsak yelled while I walked in.
"Here, why all the yelling?" I asked heading towards my desk.
"I wasn't yelling, I was simply just raising my voice." He responded while chuckling to himself.
"Well okay. If you say so, but I still say it was yelling."
"It was not. Raised voice, that's all it was."
"Yeah right." I said while my brother walked in.
"Jane, Maura wants you down in her office." He said while handing me a note. I nodded and walked towards the elevator. When the doors closed and I was on my way to her office, I opened the note Frankie had handed me. It was from my mother.
Janie, I would like to talk to you soon about the change in plans for the holidays. Meet me after work at Maura's place. Xoxo Ma
"Ugh, what change in plans?" I said while walking into the office.
"What plans?" Maura asked as she turned around to face me.
"Ma wants to meet with me after work and talk about the plans for the holidays. She said that they have been changed. We'll find out after work, but what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked getting back on topic.
"Oh, yes. There are large amount of less white blood cells than a person should normally have."
"Okay...? Is there a point to this?" I asked hoping to know why I was called to her office.
"The victim was in the middle of radiation treatments. I tested the blood cells to find out why she was undergoing these treatments."
"Again, Maura, the point..." I tried to move this along faster but she wasn't understanding.
"The victim was undergoing radiation for cancer that was in her brain. She wouldn't have lived more than two months." I waited until she was done talking to begin what I had to say.
"So you're saying that she died of natural causes?"
"No, she was definitely murdered. Some cancer patients that know they don't have long to live, end their lives early. But they was done by someone else, not her. Go talk to her family and friends and find out more about her and about them." I nodded.
"Thanks Maura! You're the best!"
"Well I don't know if I'm the best, but I'm very good at my job." She said as she grinned.
"Yes you are.' I said while walking out of the office and to my desk. I worked a few hours looking up past family histories to figure out who would have helped her end her life early. I was so focused on my work that I didn't notice Korsak calling my name.
"Jane...Jane...Jane!"
"What?!" I responded with an annoyed tone of voice.
"Nina got us the address of her parents home. Let's head over there." He said while grabbing his coat and I did the same. A forty-five minute drive led us to a beautiful mansion with a large yard. We got out of the car and walked to the front door. We knocked on the door and waited for a response.
"Hello, may I help you?" A woman that looked to be in her fifties answered the door.
"Hi, my name's Detective Rizzoli and this is Detective Korsak. We're here to talk about your daughter Sofia Anderson." I spoke.
"Oh, please come in. Is she alright? What happened?" She asked as her husband came to the door. We followed her into her home and sat across from her on the coach, I began to speak.
"She was found in her home last night with no pulse. She was pronounced dead soon after." When I said this, Mrs. Anderson started to cry and fell into her husband's arms. I continued. "I'm so sorry Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. I know this is not easy to take in, but may we ask you a few questions about Sofia?" I asked hoping that she would be stable enough to talk to us.
"Yes, of course." She responded and sat straight up. We talked and asked questions for a long amount of time before we said our goodbyes and got back in the car. We started to drive back to BPD.
"Korsak, did you notice that when we told them, there was no reaction from Mr. Anderson?" I asked while looking at the notes that I had taken.
"Yes, and he never seemed bothered by the fact that his daughter had just passed at the age of 26. If I had a daughter and she was that young, I would have had more of a reaction than what he showed us. We have to look into him more." We turned into the BPD parking lot and rode the elevator back to our floor. We worked for another hour looking into the background of the father before it was time for me to head to Maura's house.
"Bye Korsak, I'm heading out. See you tomorrow." I said looking over my shoulder and walking out.
"Bye Jane!" He responded.
I walked to Maura's office. I stopped when I heard a familiar voice talking to Maura.
"I don't think we should tell her about what I did. I just don't want her to think any less of me since I've messed up before." A man's voice said. It was my brothers. When I knew it was my brother, I hid behind a corner just in case one of them came out.
"Tommy, you went to jail, but you did your sentence and you had time to think about what happened. I don't think that Jane thinks any less of you. I also think that you trying to kiss me will be something that she will get over. She might be upset, but she will get over it. It's not like we did anything." I heard Maura respond to Tommy.
"Maura, she won't like it. I shouldn't have even tried to kiss you. You're like a sister to me."
"It's okay Tommy, but you know that I can't lie to Jane and I tell her everything. I can't lie anyways, so that would be hard."
"I know, I just don't want her to be mad at me. You can tell her, just know that she will be a little mad." He said as he walked out without saying another word. He walked past me without seeing that I was hiding.
"Tommy wait!" She called but he was already gone. I waited a few seconds before I walked in.
"Hey Maur, what's going on." I asked hoping she wouldn't know that I was eavesdropping.
"Hi Jane, how was meeting with the parents?" She asked. I figured that she didn't know that I listened into their conversation.
"Tough, but Korsak and I are looking into the father. I don't really want to talk about the case anymore. Let's go back to your place and see what my mother has to say about the holidays." We walked out of the station and drove back to her house. We walked in the door to see my mother sitting on the couch reading a magazine.
"Okay Ma, what is it?" I asked.
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