Maura, My Daughter
Chapter 1
She stares at the beautiful face of a daughter she thought she had once lost and just recently found. Her almost lifeless form fighting to stay alive. She touched her face, bruises everywhere on her delicate face and body. A machine connected to her body, helping her to breathe. How could anybody hurt her precious child? The child she had just started getting to know. She gently touched her delicate face.
She hasn't slept for three days straight since surgery. Almost a week now actually, since a serial killer took her child. She had missed 36 years of her life because her father, the love of her life, told her their baby had died at birth. She visited her grave every year, heartbroken. She would touch the tombstone and cry as she read "Baby Maura Doyle".
Five days ago…
She knew the moment Maura was not at the restaurant that something was very wrong. They were supposed to meet for dinner. And Maura is never late. And she always called if she was running late because of work. Her heart started beating fast and she couldn't breathe. She dialed her number and it went straight to voicemail. She drove straight to the precinct. She needed to see her face to calm her nerves. The BPD have been on high alert for a month trying to catch a serial killer who was killing successful, beautiful women. She would stop by the precinct to bring coffee to the detectives and Maura when her schedule at MEND wasn't so hectic. And she would take lunch breaks with Maura and sometimes with her daughter Cailin, when she didn't have a class. She went to Maura's office first to check if she was there. Her assistant Suzie said she left over two hours ago. She ran upstairs hoping that Maura was with Jane. Her heart sank when she didn't see Maura and broke down. Jane ran to her side.
"Hope, what is going on? Where is Maura? She said she was meeting you for dinner? Don't tell me she forgot? Let me take you…"
"Jane, I think she has her."
"Who has Maura?"
"Her. She has my baby. Maura is beautiful, successful and her face has been all over the news. Oh my God!"
"What? Have you tried calling her cell phone?"
"I did. It went straight to voice mail. Jane you have to find her. You have to find my baby."
"Hope, I need you to go home. I need to talk to Captain Cavanaugh. As soon as we have anything, I will call you."
"Jane, I can't go home. I want to be here."
"Hope, you're no use to us here. You need to go home. Once we know she's been taken, the press will be all over this story. And Cailin needs to there."
"Find her."
The team worked tirelessly until they got a break. The killer tried to abduct another woman but the woman got away. The victim was able to give her description. The victim fought with the killer cutting her leaving blood in the process. They got a name and an address.
They drove straight to the address. They found Maura on the floor, in a pool of blood. Gun shots rang. The suspect was dead.
Jane ran to her and cradled her best friend's body. She cried and yelled for an ambulance. She pleaded for Maura to hang on.
Jane rode in the paramedics van. Jane could not get the sight of blood and Maura's body out of her mind. She tried hard for the tears to stop but it wouldn't.
She was left standing in the middle of the hallway when they wheeled Maura in surgery. She had Maura's blood all over her shirt. She couldn't breathe. She could not stop crying. After what seemed like eternity, she composed herself and made the hardest phone call. She called Hope.
"Hello, Jane. You found her?"
"Hope."
"No. Do not say my baby is dead."
"Hope she;s not but it doesn't look good. She;s in surgery."
"What hospital? Cailin and I are coming. I cannot lose her again, Jane. Cailin cannot lose her sister."
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